"Markus Bertheau" <mbertheau.pg@googlemail.com> writes:
> attached is a patch against HEAD that removes the postmaster's -o
> option.
Removing the option without providing equivalent substitute
functionality is not what the TODO item has in mind :-(
Peter is working on something to clean up the problem properly:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-01/msg00239.php
regards, tom lane