Re: Open 7.3 issues

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> What does -f do?
> 
> > There is concern that using pg_resetxlog by accident could cause
> > problems, so it will prompt the user for confirmation by default.  -f
> > (force) disables that confirmation.
> 
> pg_resetxlog already has an -f switch, and I do not think you should
> change its semantics.  At least not without putting up a better argument
> than the above.  Anyone who's running pg_resetxlog had already better
> know what they're doing.

I hadn't looked at flags yet.  Thomas's concern, and I think a valid
one, is that if we move it from contrib into the main tree, people may
accidentally run pg_resetxlog without understanding the issues involved.
We have it /contrib partly to make sure it isn't installed in the
default path for all admins.

What do people want?  We can rethink this.

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