pg_ctl -t N register ??

Hi,

I just noticed that the "pg_ctl register" synopsis was updated to have a
-t parameter. This does not seem to make sense to me. Is it correct?
Does it do anything?

My thinking is that we should just remove the -t from that synopsis.

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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just noticed that the "pg_ctl register" synopsis was updated to have a
> -t parameter. This does not seem to make sense to me. Is it correct?
> Does it do anything?
>
> My thinking is that we should just remove the -t from that synopsis.

Well, Peter added it, but register already had the -w parameter, so
either register needs both -t and -w, or it needs neither of them. I
don't know which is true.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just noticed that the "pg_ctl register" synopsis was updated to have a
> > -t parameter. This does not seem to make sense to me. Is it correct?
> > Does it do anything?
> >
> > My thinking is that we should just remove the -t from that synopsis.
>
> Well, Peter added it, but register already had the -w parameter, so
> either register needs both -t and -w, or it needs neither of them. I
> don't know which is true.

Humm, in pgwin32_CommandLine I don't see any reference to -t but -w is
there. So either

a) the bug is that somebody forgot to add -t to pgwin32_CommandLine
b) the bug is that -t was added to the synopsis, or
c) I'm full of it because of an untold reason.

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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just noticed that the "pg_ctl register" synopsis was updated to have a
> > > -t parameter. This does not seem to make sense to me. Is it correct?
> > > Does it do anything?
> > >
> > > My thinking is that we should just remove the -t from that synopsis.
> >
> > Well, Peter added it, but register already had the -w parameter, so
> > either register needs both -t and -w, or it needs neither of them. I
> > don't know which is true.
>
> Humm, in pgwin32_CommandLine I don't see any reference to -t but -w is
> there. So either
>
> a) the bug is that somebody forgot to add -t to pgwin32_CommandLine
> b) the bug is that -t was added to the synopsis, or
> c) I'm full of it because of an untold reason.

Yes, the bug was "a" and I am responsible. I didn't realize pg_ctl
register stores all its arguments. Patch attached and applied. The
SGML documentation is now accurate.

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