Re: remove dbname arg from bootstrap mode - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: remove dbname arg from bootstrap mode
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Msg-id 5420.1171587260@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to remove dbname arg from bootstrap mode  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: remove dbname arg from bootstrap mode  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> This little patch removes the dbname argument to InitPostgres in the
> bootstrap mode.  It also cleans a bit of fallout: initdb uselessly
> passing an unused database name, postmaster starting a dummy process,
> and removes the -y option to the bootstrap process, which is
> undocumented and useless.

(a) Doesn't postgres-ref.sgml need to be updated for this?
(b) What dummy process?
(c) Can't you remove the output-dbname argument you added to InitPostgres?

            regards, tom lane

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