| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, sugita(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: int64 timestamp patch for contrib/pg_controldata |
| Date: | 2002-08-01 01:17:47 |
| Message-ID: | 200208010117.g711Hl212078@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> ...
> > I thought they were in /contrib because we didn't want them by default
> > in the admin's path. They have to go looking for them to use them. Is
> > that still a valid concern?
>
> May be a valid concern, but not the right solution.
>
> If we are that worried about misuse, then we should have them print a
> banner and prompt for confirmation. And have them accept a "-q" to just
> shut up and do it.
OK, if you want it for 7.3, we need the flag added, and a manual page
written about it. Should I add it to open items?
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