Re: Long options for pg_ctl waiting

Vik Fearing <vik@2ndquadrant.fr> writes:
> On 09/07/2016 11:39 PM, Gavin Flower wrote:
>> Possibly generate warningswhen the non hyphenated form is used?

> I'm not quite sure how I got volunteered to do this work, but it's easy
> enough so I don't mind.
> Here is a new patch that emits a warning when --noclean and/or --nosync
> are used.

I'm pretty much -1 on printing a warning.  There's no ambiguity, and no
real reason for us ever to remove the old spellings.  Standardizing on
"no-" going forward makes sense, but let's not slap people's wrists for
existing usage.  (Or: if it ain't broke, don't break it.)
        regards, tom lane