From: | Arcady Genkin <a(dot)genkin(at)utoronto(dot)ca> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Long options for psql in 7.1.3 |
Date: | 2001-10-05 00:13:20 |
Message-ID: | r1z1ykjq6zj.fsf@bashful.cdf.toronto.edu |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > g9genarc(at)eddie:~$ psql -h /var/pgsql --help
> > psql was compiled without support for long options.
> > Use --help for help on invocation options.
> >
> > I guess that it was confused by having both options at once, since
> > "psql --help" works fine (i.e. the long options *do* work).
>
> While this message is confusing, it's factually correct. ;-)
Yes, confusing it is.
[...]
> So --help was the next best (or even better IMHO) choice, and to support
> it on all installations we had to give it some special treatment.
That's fine, but IMO "psql -h /var/pgsql --help" and "psql --help"
should either both work, or both not work. Of course, this is not a
huge issue, but it did make me rub my eyes (to make sure I wasn't
seeing a ghost) the first time I've encountered it. :)
Thanks,
--
Arcady Genkin
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