> On 3 Apr 2018, at 07:29, PG Doc comments form <nore...@postgresql.org> wrote: > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/server-start.html > Description: > > OpenBSD 6.1 i386 > PostgreSQL 9.6 > > In Section 18.3. Starting the Database Server, I did something different > from the documentation. Instead of editing the file /etc/rc.local, as the > documentation indicated, I ran the command > > doas rcctl set postgresql status on > > That command changed the file /etc/rc.conf.local. When I rebooted, the > PostgreSQL server was running.
That’s because your postgresql server was installed via the ports system, which provides an rc.d startup script for use with rcctl. The referenced documentation describes how to start the server without a service script. That being said, since the ports tree is the “recommended” method for installing software perhaps the documentation should mention it? Perhaps something along the lines of the below (a similar stanza could be added for FreeBSD but I don’t it well enough to make an attempt). cheers ./daniel diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 1c92e7df75..01f5eacfcc 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -377,6 +377,11 @@ if [ -x /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -a -x /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres ]; then su -l postgres -c '/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl start -s -l /var/postgresql/log -D /usr/local/pgsql/data' echo -n ' postgresql' fi +</programlisting> + If <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is installed via ports, it can + be started as a service with <application>rcctl</application>: +<programlisting> +rcctl set postgresql status on </programlisting> </para> </listitem>