Re: initdb's -c option behaves wrong way?

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: initdb's -c option behaves wrong way?
Date: 2024-01-17 19:30:48
Message-ID: 5DFF3111-8ECA-4EF5-B614-9A4C9FAB29BC@yesql.se
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> On 17 Jan 2024, at 18:05, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
>> Hmm, how about raising an error if multiple options are given targetting
>> the same GUC?
>
> I don't see any reason to do that. The underlying configuration
> files don't complain about duplicate entries, they just take the
> last setting.

Agreed, I think the patch as it stands now where it replaces case insensitive,
while keeping the original casing, is the best path forward. The issue exist
in 16 as well so I propose a backpatch to there.

--
Daniel Gustafsson

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