Re: pg_basebackup -k option

Hi,

On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 10:46:37AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > The new pg_basebackup -k option stands for --no-verify-checksums. That
> > is nearly the opposite of initdb -k, which is for enabling checksums. I
> > think it could be confusing to have two related tools use the same
> > option letter for nearly opposite purposes.
>
> > How about using capital -K in pg_basebackup? Or maybe it doesn't need a
> > short option at all.
>
> +1 for no short option.

Makes sense to me, I wasn't happy about the -k back then (and I think I
solicited feedback on that).

PFA a patch which should remove the short option.

Michael

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