Re: Open 7.3 issues

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Open 7.3 issues
Date: 2002-08-16 05:56:41
Message-ID: 4910.1029477401@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> What does -f do?

> There is concern that using pg_resetxlog by accident could cause
> problems, so it will prompt the user for confirmation by default. -f
> (force) disables that confirmation.

pg_resetxlog already has an -f switch, and I do not think you should
change its semantics. At least not without putting up a better argument
than the above. Anyone who's running pg_resetxlog had already better
know what they're doing.

regards, tom lane

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