Hi, On 2017-09-26 11:59:42 -0700, Jeff Janes wrote: > Should the release notes have a compatibility entry about pg_ctl restart, > being used against a running pre-10 server, no longer being able to detect > when startup is complete? > > I don't know if cross-version use of pg_ctl restart was ever officially > supported, but the current behavior is rather confusing (waiting for a long > time, and then reporting failure, even though it started successfully).
I'm actually tempted to just make pg_ctl verify the right version of postgres is being used. Maybe I'm missing something, but what's the use-case for allowing it, and every couple releases have some breakage? Greetings, Andres Freund -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
