Re: whats the deal with -u ?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: whats the deal with -u ?
Date: 2007-12-09 19:34:08
Message-ID: 14901.1197228848@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> I don't remember why it's deprecated.

Some trawling of the CVS logs shows that the deprecation notice was
added by Peter here:

2000-01-14 17:18 petere

* doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml, src/bin/psql/command.c,
src/bin/psql/command.h, src/bin/psql/common.c,
src/bin/psql/common.h, src/bin/psql/copy.c, src/bin/psql/copy.h,
src/bin/psql/describe.c, src/bin/psql/describe.h,
src/bin/psql/help.c, src/bin/psql/help.h, src/bin/psql/input.c,
src/bin/psql/input.h, src/bin/psql/large_obj.c,
src/bin/psql/large_obj.h, src/bin/psql/mainloop.c,
src/bin/psql/mainloop.h, src/bin/psql/prompt.c,
src/bin/psql/prompt.h, src/bin/psql/settings.h,
src/bin/psql/startup.c: Fixed psql variables vs array syntax, as
well as minor psql enhancements

but I failed to find any discussion about the reason in the archives.
Peter?

regards, tom lane

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