Re: vacuumdb: add --dry-run

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: vacuumdb: add --dry-run
Date: 2025-12-09 19:42:23
Message-ID: aTh7n0MTtP3GLllb@nathan
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On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 07:04:24AM +0800, Chao Li wrote:
> I searched over the source tree, and find “Running in xxx mode” in initdb
> and option.c:
>
> [...]
>
> And “”Executing in dry-run mode” in a few commands: pg_archivecleanup.c,
> pg_createsubscriber.c, pg_combinebackup.c and pg_rewind.c.
>
> Should we make them all consistent?

I think both phrasings clearly convey the information just fine.

--
nathan

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