Re: BUG #2870: incorrect man page for postgres

Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com> writes:
> Dmitry D. Khlebnikov wrote:
>> The man page for postgres(1) has a wrong description of the '-S' option.
>> Previously, the '-S' option means that postgres will start in the 'silent'
>> mode, but in version 8.2 the '-S' option describes the amount of memory for
>> sorts.
>>
> I think you change the order, in 8.1 -S option describes the amount of
> memory but in 8.2 it describes the silent mode.

No, Dmitry has it right: the man page is mistaken.  You can still get
silent mode but you have to use the long-form option (--silent-mode=1).

I've corrected the documentation error in CVS.

            regards, tom lane