Re: feature request: show pgsql version when running initdb

Tom Lane wrote:

>"Nigel J. Andrews" <nandrews(at)investsystems(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
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>>Moral of the story, if it's in your path first then it's the default and you
>>should therefore be happy with the results or be prepared to live with them,
>>otherwise make sure what you're running.
>>
>>
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>I would think that having initdb print its version while running would
>be in the category of "too late to help" anyway. Making a habit of
>running "initdb --version" in advance seems like much the better way
>to proceed, if this is a problem for you.
>
>Personally I've never had such a mistake occur, even though I normally
>have several different PG installations active on my development
>machines. I think this is because I always set PATH, PGPORT, and PGDATA
>consistently --- rather than manipulating them by hand, I have little
>scripts that I run to make one installation or another the "active" one.
>
>

It might make sense to have the version explicitly reported by
show_setting/debug modes - the change would be entirely trivial and not
very intrusive to general use.

cheers

andrew