On 1/17/18 10:14, Christoph Berg wrote: > The difference is that when parsing version() (which is all my variant > is changing), people already have to deal with extra stuff at the end > (gcc version), while that would be new for "psql --version".
For me, having the package identifier in "psql -version" specifically would actually be the biggest win in this, because that's where a lot of issues arise (e.g., wrong libedit/readline library, different compiled-in socket location). -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
