Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> I have applied the attached patch to improve the initdb and
> pg_controldata manual pages. Patch from gabrielle <gorthx@gmail.com>.
This seems like the most bizarre choice you could have made.
It now looks like the preferred spelling of initdb's switch,
for instance, is
initdb --pgdata= /path/name
ie, *both* an equal sign and a space. Please rethink this.
regards, tom lane