Re: initdb detecting date order - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: initdb detecting date order
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Msg-id 5826.1134093410@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to initdb detecting date order  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: initdb detecting date order  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: initdb detecting date order  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Here's a patch for initdb detecting the date order of the lc_time locale
> and initializing the datestyle parameter of the new cluster
> accordingly.

Er, is that really a good idea?  It will make it impossible to document
what the "default" behavior is; among other things, this will probably
break installcheck regression tests.

            regards, tom lane

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