From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 18:02:35 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Remove unnecessary "DISTINCT" in psql's queries for \dAc and \dAf.
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Remove unnecessary "DISTINCT" in psql's queries for \dAc and \dAf.

A moment's examination of these queries is sufficient to see that
they do not produce duplicate rows, unless perhaps there's
catalog corruption.  Using DISTINCT anyway is inefficient and
confusing; moreover it sets a poor example for anyone who
refers to psql -E output to see how to query the catalogs.
---

diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
index 25d5b06de25..cc11150f237 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -6065,7 +6065,7 @@ listOperatorClasses(const char *access_method_pattern,
 	initPQExpBuffer(&buf);
 
 	printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
-					  "SELECT DISTINCT"
+					  "SELECT\n"
 					  "  am.amname AS \"%s\",\n"
 					  "  pg_catalog.format_type(c.opcintype, NULL) AS \"%s\",\n"
 					  "  CASE\n"
@@ -6160,7 +6160,7 @@ listOperatorFamilies(const char *access_method_pattern,
 	initPQExpBuffer(&buf);
 
 	printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
-					  "SELECT DISTINCT"
+					  "SELECT\n"
 					  "  am.amname AS \"%s\",\n"
 					  "  CASE\n"
 					  "    WHEN pg_catalog.pg_opfamily_is_visible(f.oid)\n"