Re: BUG #5814: documentation bug

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of vie mar 11 11:44:52 -0300 2011:
> > Robert Haas wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > > > Antje Petersen wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> The following bug has been logged online:
> > > >>
>
> > > >> According to the documentation
> > > >> createuser --no-superuser and
> > > >> createuser --no-createrole is the default.
> > > >> This is not true. The default is to be asked
> > > >> Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n)
> > > >> Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n)
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for the late reply. ?If you press "enter", "no" is the default.
> > >
> > > That's a lame answer.  Surely this is a documentation bug.
> >
> > Well, what do you suggest?  I see no other way to specify the default
> > for pressing <ENTER>.  I know I just press <ENTER> at those prompts.
>
> He's saying that the documentation should say "if no options are passed,
> you will be asked".
>
> While at it, I think the default option should be capitalized:
>     Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/N)
> That way, the user knows what will happen, without having to look it up
> in the docs.  This capitalization of the default option is pretty common
> nowadays.

Oops, I was wrong.  There is no default.  It keeps prompting if I press
<ENTER>.

Also, it seems this was addressed in January:

    commit af84bee43e356866dc46c95ae5bf77996a8237ff
    Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
    Date:   Sat Jan 8 06:12:05 2011 -0500

        Remove bogus claims regarding createuser defaults.

        Josh Kupershmidt

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