RE: pg_validatebackup -> pg_verifybackup?

Shinoda, Noriyoshi <noriyoshi.shinoda@hpe.com>

From: "Shinoda, Noriyoshi (PN Japan A&PS Delivery)" <noriyoshi.shinoda@hpe.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, "David Steele" <david@pgmasters.net>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: 2020-04-13T02:20:03Z
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Hi,

Sorry this email is not a discussion about word selection.
Since part of the manual had left pg_validatebackup in commit dbc60c5593f26dc777a3be032bff4fb4eab1ddd1.
I've attached a patch to fix this.

Regards,
Noriyoshi Shinoda

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us] 
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 5:07 AM
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>; Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>; Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>; David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Subject: Re: pg_validatebackup -> pg_verifybackup?

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2020-04-12 11:21:50 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> We could also have an alternate name, like pgsql, and make 'pg' a 
>> symlink to it that packagers can choose to omit.

> We could even name the non-abbreviated binary postgres :).

I shudder to imagine the confusion that would result.

			regards, tom lane


Commits

  1. Rename pg_validatebackup to pg_verifybackup some more.

  2. Rename pg_validatebackup to pg_verifybackup.