Re: fix in --help output

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: fix in --help output
Date: 2008-02-22 03:20:23
Message-ID: 20080222032023.GG4615@alvh.no-ip.org
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Zdenek Kotala wrote:

> If I looked correctly there is no getopt_long. There is only getopt with
> - as a option. See PostmasterMain:
>
>
> while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv,
> "A:B:c:D:d:EeFf:h:ijk:lN:nOo:Pp:r:S:sTt:W:-:")) != -1)
>
> If I understand correctly the POSIX standard "-" should not used in a
> option list.

Hmm, right. Our current parsing of --long-opts is quite a hack, it
seems :-( Having to list all GUC options in the getopt_long array would
be a mess. Any other ideas?

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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