Give it up. As long as we have -D, we will allow PGDATA. If you don't want to use it, don't use it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Brown wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I just set PGDATA in my login and I don't have to deal with it > > again. > > Duh....I just realized a reason you guys might care about this so > much. > > It's because you want to be able to start the postmaster from within a > debugger (or profiler, or whatever), and you don't want to have to > mess with command line options from there, right? > > > Sounds like fixing pg_ctl to use -D explicitly when invoking the > postmaster is the right change to make here, since that's probably how > the majority of the production shops are going to be starting the > database anyway. Takes care of the majority of the "visibility" > problem and leaves PGDATA intact. Thoughts? > > > > -- > Kevin Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
