Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > BTW, it is annoying that we can't definitively distinguish "postmaster > > > is not running" from a connectivity problem, but I can't see a way > > > around that. > > > > Agreed. I will research this. > > I have researched this and developed the attached patch. It implements > PGping() and PGpingParams() in libpq, and has pg_ctl use it for pg_ctl > -w server status detection. > > The new output for cases where .pgpass is not allowing for a connection > is: > > $ pg_ctl -w -l /dev/null start > waiting for server to start.... done > server started > However, could not connect, perhaps due to invalid authentication or > misconfiguration. > > The code basically checks the connection status between PQconnectStart() > and connectDBComplete() to see if the server is running but we failed to > connect for some reason.
I have applied this patch, with modified wording of the "cannot connect" case: $ pg_ctl -w -l /dev/null start waiting for server to start.... done server started warning: could not connect, perhaps due to invalid authentication or misconfiguration. I assume having the warning as the last printed things is appropriate. This is my second patch this week that got little feedback --- I am getting a little spooked. ;-) -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers