Re: documentation references invalid -A assertion checks option

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: documentation references invalid -A assertion checks option
Date: 2014-09-22 13:44:52
Message-ID: 20140922134452.GA16337@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2014-09-22 08:43:02 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> Both the documentation
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/app-postgres.html) and the
> --help switch to postgres reference a -A switch to handle assertion
> checking. Looking at the code, I don't see any entry for -A in the
> getopt string and passing -A always fails with 'invalid option'
> regardless of the compile time setting. If I'm right, either the docs
> or the source need to be patched. The question is, which one? (I
> vote to remove references to the option).

You're probably building master. That option has been removed (by me)
since. The 'devel' docs don't show the option anymore unless I missed a
place referencing it.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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