Re: Prevent printing "next step instructions" in initdb and pg_upgrade

Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 4:31 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Hm, does it matter? I think those wrappers send the output to /dev/null
>> anyway.

> The debian ones don't, because they consider it useful information to the
> user. I'd say that it is, especially in the case of pg_upgrade. (Less so
> about initdb, but still a bit -- especially when creating secondary
> clusters)
> The redhat ones I believe sent it to a logfile, not to /dev/null. Meaning
> it's not in your face, but it still contains incorrect instructions.

OK. FWIW, I'd vote for separate --no-instructions and --no-scripts
switches.

regards, tom lane