Re: more adequate usage msg: pg_controldata.diff

From: Serguei Mokhov <mokhov(at)cs(dot)concordia(dot)ca>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: more adequate usage msg: pg_controldata.diff
Date: 2003-01-10 00:51:18
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Quoting Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>:

> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > > I explained in my last message that this patch is wrong. Please revert
> > > it. (DATADIR is not an option and therefore it shouldn't be listed in
> the
> > > options list.)
> >
> > I tried to subtely point out that it is optional.
>
> But the help output is wrong. It lists DATADIR as an option, which it is
> not. (An option is something like -a or --foo. The other things are
> arguments.) See my message to Serguei about how to do it better.

[optional to comment on]: but aren't options are sort of command-line arguments
as well? ;-)

I don't mind either one of them, just as long as they are more or less
consistent with other tools and so that I can finally translate them :)

-s

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