Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 13:42:23 -0600
From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Cc: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>,
	Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: vacuumdb: add --dry-run
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On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 07:04:24AM +0800, Chao Li wrote:
> I searched over the source tree, and find “Running in xxx mode” in initdb
> and option.c:
> 
> [...]
> 
> And “”Executing in dry-run mode” in a few commands: pg_archivecleanup.c,
> pg_createsubscriber.c, pg_combinebackup.c and pg_rewind.c.
> 
> Should we make them all consistent?

I think both phrasings clearly convey the information just fine.

-- 
nathan