From 187ca5e8e90baacc2d36c8bd0b08040f33c07fa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:55:12 -0400
Subject: Revert "pg_ctl: Add idempotent option"

This reverts commit 87306184580c9c49717b00d48a2f9e717f21e0a8.  The
behavior in certain cases is still being debated, and it's too late to
solve this before beta.
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml | 21 ---------------------
 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/src')

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
index 549730da6f9..3107514901c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
    <arg choice="opt"><option>-o</option> <replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice="opt"><option>-p</option> <replaceable>path</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice="opt"><option>-c</option></arg>
-   <arg choice="opt"><option>-I</option></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 
   <cmdsynopsis>
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        <arg choice="plain"><option>i[mmediate]</option></arg>
      </group>
    </arg>
-   <arg choice="opt"><option>-I</option></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 
   <cmdsynopsis>
@@ -272,25 +270,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-I</option></term>
-      <term><option>--idempotent</option></term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        When used with the <literal>start</literal> or <literal>stop</literal>
-        actions, return exit code 0 if the server is already running or
-        stopped, respectively.  Otherwise, an error is raised and a nonzero
-        exit code is returned in these cases.
-       </para>
-
-       <para>
-        This option is useful for System-V-style init scripts, which require
-        the <literal>start</literal> and <literal>stop</literal> actions to be
-        idempotent.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-l <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></option></term>
       <term><option>--log <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></option></term>
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