Re: [PATCHES] TODO item: remove postmaster -o option

2006-03-06 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Markus Bertheau wrote: The docs say The use of this option is obsolete; all command-line options for server processes can be specified directly on the postmaster command line First, note the use of obsolete -- there are better ways to achieve what you want -- as opposed to deprecated -- the

[PATCHES] TODO item: remove postmaster -o option

2006-03-05 Thread Markus Bertheau
Hi, attached is a patch against HEAD that removes the postmaster's -o option. It passes make check on i386 Ubuntu 5.10. I sent an e-mail earlier today asking about the status of this TODO item to -hackers. No answers so far :) Markus Bertheau ? GNUmakefile ? config.log ? config.status ?

Re: [PATCHES] TODO item: remove postmaster -o option

2006-03-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
I not gotten to reply to your earlier email. Removal of -o requires that all the postgres flags be supported by the postmaster. I think Peter Eisentraut is working on a patch to merge the two binaries and the conflicting options.

Re: [PATCHES] TODO item: remove postmaster -o option

2006-03-05 Thread Markus Bertheau
[Apologies to Bruce for the double send] 2006/3/5, Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us: I not gotten to reply to your earlier email. Removal of -o requires that all the postgres flags be supported by the postmaster. I think Peter Eisentraut is working on a patch to merge the two binaries

Re: [PATCHES] TODO item: remove postmaster -o option

2006-03-05 Thread Tom Lane
Markus Bertheau [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: attached is a patch against HEAD that removes the postmaster's -o option. Removing the option without providing equivalent substitute functionality is not what the TODO item has in mind :-( Peter is working on something to clean up the problem

Re: [PATCHES] TODO item: remove postmaster -o option

2006-03-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Markus Bertheau wrote: [Apologies to Bruce for the double send] 2006/3/5, Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us: I not gotten to reply to your earlier email. Removal of -o requires that all the postgres flags be supported by the postmaster. I think Peter Eisentraut is working on a