From: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] Adding a --quiet option to initdb |
Date: | 2006-01-25 18:07:36 |
Message-ID: | 87y814tc47.fsf@stark.xeocode.com |
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 11:28 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > > > Attached is a patch which adds --quiet and --q option to initdb.
> > >
> > > Why is this a good idea?
> >
> > I was playing with 8.2 RPM init script and thought that instead of
> > directing the output to /dev/null, it would be better to use a command
> > line option for that. Also, we are designing a new installer project and
> > --quiet might help us.
>
> OK, as long as you understand that the patch should not be applied. "It
> might be valuable" from only one person is not enough.
I always wondered why the Redhat init scripts thought it was a clever idea to
redirect the output to /dev/null. It seems like a pessimal user interface
choice. Every time I have to work with a Redhat machine where Postgres isn't
starting up the first thing I have to do is edit the init script so I can what
the problem is.
--
greg
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