Re: new --maintenance-db options - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: new --maintenance-db options
Date
Msg-id 20120629190741.GA13225@momjian.us
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In response to new --maintenance-db options  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 01:26:58AM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> About the new --maintenance-db options:
>
> What is the purpose of these options?  The initial discussion was
> unclear on this.  The documentation contains no explanation of why they
> should be used.  If we want to really support the case where both
> postgres and template1 are removed, an environment variable might be
> more useful than requiring this to be typed out for every command.

Yes, I had the same question about the usefulness/purpose of the option,
but was out-voted.

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