Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] First experiences with Postgresql 7.0 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] First experiences with Postgresql 7.0
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Msg-id 23569.951438900@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] First experiences with Postgresql 7.0  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>> Uhm ... my tcsh manual describes those options differently:
>> 
>> -f  The shell ignores ~/.tcshrc, and thus starts faster.
>> -X  Is to -x as -V is to -v.

> I wasn't actually implying to have picked -X in accordance with tcsh, I
> was just confused about how Tom talked about -f.

Oh, sorry, I just meant that -f already has one special behavior in
addition to just physically selecting the input source, namely
causing line numbers to get attached to error messages.  That's fine,
but adding two special behaviors that aren't really closely related
to the same switch is not so great.
        regards, tom lane


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