On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 15:12 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> For a command as significant as pg_ctl, I can't see how making it > >> _convenient_ is a good argument. > > > Well, loss of convenience is one argument in opposition to this change > > but I don't see any argument in _favor_ of this change other than > > "let's reject these option combinations", some of which seem perfectly > > valid. > > Ignoring irrelevant arguments is a time-honored Unix tradition that > contributes significantly to the usefulness of cc, for example. > Would you be happy if cc rejected -D when being used only to link, say? > > I hadn't thought about this when Simon submitted the patch, but I'm > with Peter: we should not reject arguments just because they're not > relevant. If you can make a case that particular combinations strongly > suggest user error, then let's reject those cases ... but not a blanket > prohibition.
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AFAICS -l -o on stop and -m on start could be ignored Mixing options between register and non-registration commands definitely indicates user error. So does mixing up -w and -W -- Simon Riggs EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
