Re: postmaster/postgres options assimilation plan

FYI, with the options merged, we still have this TODO item:
* %Remove behavior of postmaster -o

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Here's the plan for assimilating the command-line options of the postmaster 
> and postgres options.  I reported earlier on a couple of conflict areas; here 
> is the full plan:
> 
> * Remove: postmaster -a -b -m -M
> 
> These options have done nothing forever.
> 
> * postmaster options added to postgres: -h -i -k -l -n
> 
> These options will not have any useful effects, but their behavior is 
> consistent if you do, say, SHOW listen_addresses.
> 
> * postgres options added to postmaster: -e -E -f -O -P -t -W
> 
> Using -E with postmaster does nothing, though.
> 
> * Renamed options (because of conflicts):
> 
> postgres -N is now postgres -j (mostly internal use)
> 
> postgres -o is now postgres -r (mostly internal use)
> 
> (postmaster -o is obsolete but still works for compatibility; postgres -o will 
> get you an error.)
> 
> postgres -p is now postgres -y (internal use only)
> 
> postmaster -S now sets work_mem, like postgres -S does.  The (deprecated) 
> silent mode can be obtained using the long option --silent-mode=on.
> 
> postmaster -s is now postmaster -T (expert/hacker use only)
> 
> 
> For the options -O, -P, and -W I have added three new GUC variables 
> allow_system_table_mods (PGC_SIGHUP), ignore_system_indexes (PGC_BACKEND), 
> connection_startup_delay (PGC_BACKEND); mostly to simplify the 
> postmaster->postgres communication.
> 
> Except for a few odd exceptions, all command line arguments now map to setting 
> a GUC variable.
> 
> Comments?
> 
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