Tom, >> "# What to use to start up the postmaster (we do NOT use pg_ctl for this, >> # as it adds no value and can cause the postmaster to misrecognize a stale >> # lock file) >> DAEMON="$prefix/bin/postmaster" > > And? That statement was and remains perfectly correct. We don't use > pg_ctl to start the postmaster in the Linux initscripts, either.
Then WTF do we have pg_ctl, and why do our docs tell people to use it? -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
