From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: pg_resetxlog options |
Date: | 2002-08-27 20:16:56 |
Message-ID: | 200208272016.g7RKGuX09788@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> pg_resetxlog uses a non-standard options parsing method: The -l option
> requires two arguments (-l fileid seg). I propose to change this to -l
> fileid,seg which is the standard way to separate suboptions.
Agreed.
> Secondly, the -n option appears to be redundant with pg_controldata. Do
> we need it?
Yep.
> Thirdly, pg_resetxlog uses the term "guessed" controldata values if it
> can't read the real ones. I found this to be confusing, because the code
> doesn't do a whole lot of guessing. Would it be better to say that the
> values are simply defaulted (and to what)?
"Attempts to determine the proper values"?
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