Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension
Date: 2009-11-14 08:41:47
Message-ID: 1258188107.14314.5.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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On tor, 2009-09-17 at 21:43 +0200, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Attached patch extends pg_ctl command with init option.
>
> pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgres [-s] init
>
> This should replace usage of initdb command which has problematic name
> as we already discussed several times. Initdb binary will be still
> there, but it can be renamed and move into execlib dir in the future.
>
> Patch does not contains documentation changes. They will depends on
> decision which database initialization method will be preferred.

OK, let's see. The patch is pretty straightforward, but does anyone
else actually want this? Comments?

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