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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2001-11-26 19:41:55 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2001-11-26 19:41:55 +0000
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Add documentation about "--" not working on Free/OpenBSD.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml
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<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml,v 1.23 2001/11/25 01:11:36 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml,v 1.24 2001/11/26 19:41:55 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -271,7 +271,13 @@ Postgres documentation
<term>--<replaceable>name</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sets a named run-time parameter; a shorter form of <option>-c</>.
+ Sets a named run-time parameter; a shorter form of
+ <option>-c</>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The <option>--</> option will not work on FreeBSD or OpenBSD.
+ Use <option>-c</> instead. This should be fixed in
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.3.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>