Re: postgres --help-config

Bruce Momjian wrote:

>>I propose we rip out everything except --help-config -m that shows the
>>information in the "machine-readable" tab separated format without
>>headers.  If someone can answer the two questions above.
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>>
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>I just proposed that as --help-config-raw.  I don't think we want to
>head in the direction of having flags like -m be useful only if
>preceeded by a --help-config flag --- it is too confusing.  I think
>--help-config and --help-config-raw is all we will ever need.
>
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>
Or you could allow --help-config to take an optional argument of "raw".

I agree that having flag interdependencies like the original is confusing.

Just a thought.

cheers

andrew