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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c index 6376d430870..ce00f4032ee 100644 --- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c +++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c @@ -589,8 +589,21 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[]) output_config_variable = strdup(optarg); break; - case 'c': case '-': + + /* + * Error if the user misplaced a special must-be-first option + * for dispatching to a subprogram. parse_dispatch_option() + * returns DISPATCH_POSTMASTER if it doesn't find a match, so + * error for anything else. + */ + if (parse_dispatch_option(optarg) != DISPATCH_POSTMASTER) + ereport(ERROR, + (errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR), + errmsg("--%s must be first argument", optarg))); + + /* FALLTHROUGH */ + case 'c': { char *name, *value; |