Re: pgsql: process startup: Remove bootstrap / checker modes from AuxProcTy

Hi,

On September 13, 2022 9:43:57 PM PDT, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>On 05.08.21 21:26, Andres Freund wrote:
>> process startup: Remove bootstrap / checker modes from AuxProcType.
>>
>> Neither is actually initialized as an auxiliary process, so it does not really
>> make sense to reserve a PGPROC etc for them.
>>
>> This keeps checker mode implemented by exiting partway through bootstrap
>> mode. That might be worth changing at some point, perhaps if we ever extend
>> checker mode to be a more general tool.
>
>I don't know if this was the original commit that added the --check option or was just refactoring around it, but:
>
>I don't see any mention of the --check option in the postgres man page. That should be added.
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IIRC we discussed that at some point and considered it a sufficiently internal option that documenting it in user facing docs doesn't seem useful.

Andres
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