Re: initdb ignoring options?

Hmm - just did a pull now:
$ initdb --version
initdb (PostgreSQL) 9.3devel
$ initdb --help
initdb initializes a PostgreSQL database cluster.

Usage:  initdb [OPTION]... [DATADIR]

...[snipped rest of help output]

So looks like something odd you are doing - are you using any unusual 
build options?

Cheers

Mark
On 27/02/13 11:16, Greg Smith wrote:
> Here's a happy initdb on 9.1 providing help:
>
> $ psql --version
> psql (PostgreSQL) 9.1.8
> $ /usr/pgsql-9.1/bin/initdb --help
> initdb initializes a PostgreSQL database cluster.
> Usage:
>    initdb [OPTION]... [DATADIR] ...
>
> Here's what I get on the latest repo:
>
> $ psql --version
> psql (PostgreSQL) 9.3devel
> $ initdb --help
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "gsmith".
> This user must also own the server process.
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.UTF-8" ...
>
> initdb --version does the same thing for me:  ignores the command line
> and just goes onward to create a new cluster.  I checked a random, not
> current 9.2 install and saw the same issue existed on that version too:
>
> $ psql --version
> psql (PostgreSQL) 9.2.1
> $ initdb --help
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "gsmith".
> This user must also own the server process.
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.UTF-8" ...
>
> I would like for someone to tell me I'm doing something stupid and this
> problem isn't really there going back to 9.2.  The last potentially
> related initdb change I found on a quick scan, from around the right
> time period was the code refactoring of
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/E1TeYOX-0005W4-Kj@gemulon.postgresql.org
> (there were a few additional initdb commits around then too)
>