Re: New pg_config behavior - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: New pg_config behavior
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Msg-id 7647.1128433978@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to New pg_config behavior  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> I have some doubts about the new pg_config behavior of printing "not recorded" 
> when an item is not known.  I doubt that this will cause automated users of 
> this program to behave reasonably in error scenarios.  I think a more 
> reasonable behavior would be to use a non-zero exit status and possibly print 
> a message to stderr and nothing to stdout.

Good point, although in practice that code only gets compiled in builds
with brain-dead Windows tools; I rather doubt that the resulting executable
would ever get used as you foresee.  But if you want to change it, OK
with me.
        regards, tom lane


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