Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com>, Matteo Beccati <php(at)beccati(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replacement for OSSP-UUID for Linux and BSD
Date: 2014-05-27 18:41:55
Message-ID: 14898.1401216115@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> writes:
> On 27 May 2014 18:33:48 EEST, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> If we were going to do it like that, I'd vote for
>>
>> --with-uuid={ossp,e2fs,bsd}
>>
>> with no default at present (ie you can't say just "--with-uuid",
>> though we'd have the option to allow that in future). But I doubt
>> this is better than the --with-foo-uuid spelling.

> FWIW, --with-uuid=foo looks much clearer to me.

OK, I'll make it so.

regards, tom lane

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