On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 11:23:52PM +0000, Bossart, Nathan wrote:
> I think BootstrapModeMain() makes the most sense. It fits in nicely
> with the --check logic that's already there. With v3, the following
> command can be used to retrieve the amount of shared memory required.
>
> postgres --output-shmem -D dir
>
> While testing this new option, I noticed that you can achieve similar
> results today with the following command, although this one will
> actually try to create the shared memory, too.
That may not be the best option.
> IMO the new option is still handy, but I can see the argument that it
> might not be necessary.
A separate option looks handy. Wouldn't it be better to document it
in postgres-ref.sgml then?
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Michael