Re: unrecognized option '--help

rpm -qf `which createdb`
postgresql-9.3.6-1.fc21.x86_64

% createdb foo --help
createdb: unrecognized option '--help'
Try "createdb --help" for more information.

% lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Fedora
Description: Fedora release 21 (Twenty One)
Release: 21
Codename: TwentyOne

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Devrim Gündüz <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Which version/OS is this? I cannot reproduce it on my machine.
>
> Regards, Devrim
>
> On Thu, 2015-05-21 at 09:35 +0200, D. S. wrote:
>> From the list of nonsensical error messages:
>>
>> createdb: unrecognized option '--help'
>> Try "createdb --help" for more information.
>>
>> createuser: unrecognized option '--help'
>> Try "createuser --help" for more information.
>>
>>
>> Explanation:
>> If anything is ahead of --help, "--help" is then an unrecognized
>> option.
>>
>> But the error message is still nonsensical, absurd and in the end, not
>> very helpful.
>>
>>
>> //D.S.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Devrim GÜNDÜZ
> Principal Systems Engineer @ EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> PostgreSQL Danışmanı/Consultant, Red Hat Certified Engineer
> Twitter: @DevrimGunduz , @DevrimGunduzTR
>