Re: BUG #16756: about pg13.0 new feature--“Remove --adduser and --no-adduser from createuser”

On 01/12/2020 10:20, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
> 
> Bug reference:      16756
> Logged by:          yanliang lei
> Email address:      leiyanliang@highgo.com
> PostgreSQL version: 13.0
> Operating system:   CentOS7.6
> Description:
> 
> in the https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/13.0/ ，there is  following
> descrption:
> Remove --adduser and --no-adduser from createuser (Alexander Lakhin)
> 
> but in the pg12.1 version's createuser --help output，there is no --adduser
> or --no-adduser ，I want to know why？

It's been undocumented since 2005. It was superseded by --superuser 
option. It was perhaps a bit sloppy back in 2005 to leave it 
undocumented, but that's why it was now finally removed.

- Heikki