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Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> writes:
> "Option exists, is mentioned in --help, but doesn't do anything" is a (very
> low priority) bug.  That's plain and simple.

Plain, simple, and wrong.  It does do something.  Maybe not something
you care about, but that could be said of a lot of options.

			regards, tom lane