> Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have encountered a strange pg_ctl's behavior in 8.3. > > > > pg_ctl -w -o "-p 5432" start <-- works > > pg_ctl -w -o "-i" start <-- works > > pg_ctl -w -o "-p 5432 -i" start <-- doesn't work > > > > In the last case, even postmaster starts successfully, pg_ctl keeps > > trying to make sure that postmaster actually started and continues to > > print "...". > > It's not getting confused and thinking the port is "5432 -i" is it? I > tried "-i -p 5432" and that seemed to work.
Thanks for the hint. I confirmed that: pg_ctl -w -o "-p 5432 '-i'" also worked. If my memory is correct, pg_ctl -w -o "-p 5432 -i" worked fine on 8.2 or 8.1 or before. -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers