Re: "initdb -t" destroys all databases

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Any idea if this is fixed?

> Peter, comments?
>>
>> It doesn't destroy all databases anymore, although I can't make any
>> statements about what it actually does do. I suppose it's still broken.

Peter did put in a hack to make sure it wouldn't do "rm -rf $PGDATA"
upon failure, but it still doesn't appear to me to offer any non-broken
functionality. Note my comment in initdb.sh:

# XXX --- I do not believe the "template_only" option can actually work.
# With this coding, it'll fail to make entries for pg_shadow etc. in
# template1 ... tgl 11/2000

It occurs to me that the only likely use for initdb -t is now served by
DROP DATABASE template1;
CREATE DATABASE template1 WITH TEMPLATE = template0;
ie, we have a *real* way to reconstruct a virgin template1 rather than
an initdb kluge.

Accordingly, I suggest that initdb -t should be flushed entirely.
Comments?

regards, tom lane