Remove useless database name from bootstrap argument processing (including

startup and bgwriter processes), and the -y flag.  It's not used anywhere.

doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml

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+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.50 2007/02/16 02:10:07 alvherre Exp $
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@@ -475,17 +475,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-y</option> <replaceable class="parameter">database</replaceable></term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        Indicates that this is a subprocess started by a parent
-        <command>postgres</command> process, and specifies the database to
-        use.  This option is for internal use only.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
    </refsect2>
 

src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c,v 1.231 2007/02/15 23:23:22 alvherre Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c,v 1.232 2007/02/16 02:10:07 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ BootstrapMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	char	   *progname = argv[0];
 	int			i;
-	char	   *dbname;
 	int			flag;
 	int			xlogop = BS_XLOG_NOP;
 	char	   *userDoption = NULL;
@@ -239,7 +238,6 @@ BootstrapMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 */
 
 	/* Set defaults, to be overriden by explicit options below */
-	dbname = NULL;
 	if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
 		InitializeGUCOptions();
 
@@ -250,7 +248,7 @@ BootstrapMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 		argc--;
 	}
 
-	while ((flag = getopt(argc, argv, "B:c:d:D:Fr:x:y:-:")) != -1)
+	while ((flag = getopt(argc, argv, "B:c:d:D:Fr:x:-:")) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (flag)
 		{
@@ -282,9 +280,6 @@ BootstrapMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 			case 'x':
 				xlogop = atoi(optarg);
 				break;
-			case 'y':
-				dbname = strdup(optarg);
-				break;
 			case 'c':
 			case '-':
 				{
@@ -320,12 +315,7 @@ BootstrapMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!dbname && argc - optind == 1)
-	{
-		dbname = argv[optind];
-		optind++;
-	}
-	if (!dbname || argc != optind)
+	if (argc != optind)
 	{
 		write_stderr("%s: invalid command-line arguments\n", progname);
 		proc_exit(1);
@@ -449,7 +439,7 @@ BootstrapMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	 * Do backend-like initialization for bootstrap mode
 	 */
 	InitProcess();
-	(void) InitPostgres(dbname, InvalidOid, NULL, NULL);
+	(void) InitPostgres(NULL, InvalidOid, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * In NOP mode, all we really want to do is create shared memory and

src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.522 2007/02/15 23:23:23 alvherre Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.523 2007/02/16 02:10:07 alvherre Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -3729,9 +3729,6 @@ StartChildProcess(int xlop)
 	snprintf(xlbuf, sizeof(xlbuf), "-x%d", xlop);
 	av[ac++] = xlbuf;
 
-	av[ac++] = "-y";
-	av[ac++] = "template1";
-
 	av[ac] = NULL;
 	Assert(ac < lengthof(av));
 

src/bin/initdb/initdb.c

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  * Portions taken from FreeBSD.
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v 1.132 2007/02/10 14:58:55 petere Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c,v 1.133 2007/02/16 02:10:07 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ test_config_settings(void)
 				 "-c max_connections=%d "
 				 "-c shared_buffers=%d "
 				 "-c max_fsm_pages=%d "
-				 "template1 < \"%s\" > \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
+				 "< \"%s\" > \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
 				 SYSTEMQUOTE, backend_exec, boot_options,
 				 test_conns, test_buffs, test_max_fsm,
 				 DEVNULL, DEVNULL, SYSTEMQUOTE);
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ test_config_settings(void)
 				 "-c max_connections=%d "
 				 "-c shared_buffers=%d "
 				 "-c max_fsm_pages=%d "
-				 "template1 < \"%s\" > \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
+				 "< \"%s\" > \"%s\" 2>&1%s",
 				 SYSTEMQUOTE, backend_exec, boot_options,
 				 n_connections, test_buffs, test_max_fsm,
 				 DEVNULL, DEVNULL, SYSTEMQUOTE);
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ bootstrap_template1(char *short_version)
 	unsetenv("PGCLIENTENCODING");
 
 	snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
-			 "\"%s\" --boot -x1 %s %s template1",
+			 "\"%s\" --boot -x1 %s %s",
 			 backend_exec, boot_options, talkargs);
 
 	PG_CMD_OPEN;