| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Dmitry D(dot) Khlebnikov" <galaxy(at)openwall(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: BUG #2870: incorrect man page for postgres |
| Date: | 2007-01-04 01:02:34 |
| Message-ID: | 11163.1167872554@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com> writes:
> Dmitry D. Khlebnikov wrote:
>> The man page for postgres(1) has a wrong description of the '-S' option.
>> Previously, the '-S' option means that postgres will start in the 'silent'
>> mode, but in version 8.2 the '-S' option describes the amount of memory for
>> sorts.
>>
> I think you change the order, in 8.1 -S option describes the amount of
> memory but in 8.2 it describes the silent mode.
No, Dmitry has it right: the man page is mistaken. You can still get
silent mode but you have to use the long-form option (--silent-mode=1).
I've corrected the documentation error in CVS.
regards, tom lane
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