Re: Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch?

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> (a) did the sort_mem setting "take"?
>
> > Sure did. I tried a sort value too low and it complained.
>
> Okay, so the original bug is fixed on your version of BSD. (Which
> is what, again?)

I just ran a test on postgresql.org. There is no SysV support so I
can't initdb, but I see:

$ postmaster -D x
postmaster does not find the database system.
Expected to find it in the PGDATA directory "x",
but unable to open file "x/global/pg_control": No such file or directory

$ postmaster -c sort-mem=30 -D x
postmaster does not find the database system.
Expected to find it in the PGDATA directory "x",
but unable to open file "x/global/pg_control": No such file or directory

$ postmaster --sort-mem=30 -D x
postmaster: invalid argument -- -D
Try 'postmaster --help' for more information.

Notice that the last attempt has the -D after a "--" options, rather
than after a "-c" options. Sure looks like FreeBSD doesn't have the
fix.

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