-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 According to Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1 [1], the exit status should be '3' when the server isn't running.
I've attached a very simple patch that resolves this cosmetic issue,
which applies to all branches.
My initial search regarding other platforms has turned up nil. It looks
like they just check for a zero or non-zero exit status.
As for the necessity of the patch: Gentoo Linux uses pg_ctl in all of
its initscript actions for PostgreSQL. I'd imagine that Gentoo is not
the only distribution that takes advantage of pg_ctl for its initscript
actions.
Sincerely,
Mr. Aaron W. Swenson
[1]
http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html
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diff -cr a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
*** a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 2011-04-14 23:15:53.000000000 -0400
--- b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 2011-05-22 10:25:34.186930946 -0400
***************
*** 1036,1042 ****
}
}
printf(_("%s: no server running\n"), progname);
! exit(1);
}
--- 1036,1042 ----
}
}
printf(_("%s: no server running\n"), progname);
! exit(3);
}
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