Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > The new pg_basebackup -k option stands for --no-verify-checksums. That > is nearly the opposite of initdb -k, which is for enabling checksums. I > think it could be confusing to have two related tools use the same > option letter for nearly opposite purposes.
> How about using capital -K in pg_basebackup? Or maybe it doesn't need a > short option at all. +1 for no short option. regards, tom lane