On tor, 2009-09-17 at 21:43 +0200, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Attached patch extends pg_ctl command with init option.
>
> pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgres [-s] init
>
> This should replace usage of initdb command which has problematic name
> as we already discussed several times. Initdb binary will be still
> there, but it can be renamed and move into execlib dir in the future.
If the name is a problem, why not change the name? What you are
proposing above is effectively a very elaborate name change, so why not
go for a simpler one?