Re: Long options for psql in 7.1.3
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: greg@turnstep.com
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-10-04T18:16:06Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
-- Start of PGP signed section. > > Here's a lovely message I got from `psql': > > > > g9genarc@eddie:~$ psql -h /var/pgsql --help > > psql was compiled without support for long options. > > Use --help for help on invocation options. > > Looks as though --help and --verbose always work, no > matter what the setting of HAVE_GETOPT_LONG. > Is this desired behavior? Seems fairly minor to me, > but it's confused at least one user. :) > > (~ line 110 of src/bin/psql/startup.c) Intended. I think we hard-coded --help and --version for compatibility. You will notice it doesn't _display_ the long options in the --help display unless HAVE_GETOPT_LONG is defined. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026