Tom has applied your patch, with edits. Thanks.
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Aizaz Ahmed wrote:
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> The attached patch adds the --long-help option to the server executable.
> This option displays all the available runtime options for that
> partic
I've committed Aizaz's patch, with some editorial revisions.
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If the option is named --long-help, I'd expect a longer version of
> --help, which this is not. The name should probably involve "help"
> and "config" to make it clearer what you get.
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Quoting Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Should options not for general use (e.g., session_auth_is_superuser)
> > be hidden from this tool? Are they? What other provisions of this
> > kind does this tool make?
>
> The original intent of the standalone tool was to display stuff that
> could use
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If the option is named --long-help, I'd expect a longer version of
> --help, which this is not. The name should probably involve "help"
> and "config" to make it clearer what you get. (Personally, I think
> "help" should go before the qualifying word
Aizaz Ahmed writes:
> The attached patch adds the --long-help option to the server executable.
Conceptual comments:
If the option is named --long-help, I'd expect a longer version of
--help, which this is not. The name should probably involve "help"
and "config" to make it clearer what you get.
