Re: Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch?
Date
Msg-id 200111261941.fAQJfNv11895@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
> > > 3) how should we update the docs for this?
> > 
> > "--name=val may not work on some platforms, if not use -c name=val".
> 
> OK, I will add that it doesn't work on FreeBSD and OpenBSD,
> specifically.  This way, if it doesn't work on other platforms,
> hopefully we will hear about it.

OK, new text is:
The <option>--</> option will not work on FreeBSD or OpenBSD.Use <option>-c</> instead. This should be fixed
in<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>7.3.
 

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