Re: Glitch in handling of postmaster -o options

Would someone give me a status on this?

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> Hi all,
> 
> There seem to be a few namespace conflicts for the options of postgres
> and postmaster.  The one's I could identify from the man pages are :
> 
> -i -N -o -p -S -s
> 
> If we are going to deprecate -o, then we'll need to make sure we also
> introduce replacement names where these conflicts are.  This way, in the
> future -o can be treated like a 'no-option' and everything would work.
> 
> If we notify of the impending deprecation now, to actually occur in 7.3,
> would we be best intoducing alternative option names somewhere in the
> 7.2 beta cycle so people writing scripts for 7.2 can use the new names
> and know their scripts will work into the future?
> 
> ???
> 
> Regards and best wishes,
> 
> Justin Clift
> 
> 
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > 
> > Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee> writes:
> > > I am suggesting this.
> > > [ code snipped ]
> > 
> > Okay, that would mean that "-o '-S nnn'" still works, but "-o -F"
> > doesn't.
> > 
> > But ... the thing is, there is no reason for -o to exist anymore other
> > than backwards compatibility with existing startup scripts.  -o doesn't
> > do anything you can't do more cleanly and sanely with GUC options
> > (--sort_mem, etc).  So, I don't really see much value in keeping it
> > if you're going to break one of the more common usages --- which I'm
> > sure -o -F is.
> > 
> > Since the problem I identified is not likely to bite very many people,
> > my vote is not to try to apply a code solution now.  I think we should
> > leave the code alone, and instead document in 7.2 that -o is deprecated
> > (and explain what to do instead), with the intention of removing it in
> > 7.3.  Giving people a release cycle's worth of notice seems sufficient.
> > 
> > Possibly we could also take this opportunity to deprecate -S and the
> > other options that are standing in the way of unified command line
> > options for postmasters and backends.
> > 
> >                         regards, tom lane
> > 
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