Wow, works like a treat!! I'd definitely expect there to be only one way to do it, and for `service postgresql start 9.3` to have the effect that `service postgresql pgstart 9.3` has in your patch.
With much thanks, Eoghan -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to postgresql-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498274 Title: init.d script doesn't respect `version` argument Status in postgresql-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Release: Ubuntu 15.04 It seems that the current version of the /etc/init.d/postgresql script doesn't respect the `version` flag. Help text states: Usage: /etc/init.d/postgresql {start|stop|restart|reload|force- reload|status} [version ..] But with 2 installations and called as follows: /etc/init.d/postgresql start 9.4 or service postgresql start 9.4 Both 9.4 and 9.3 are started, I expected just 9.4 to start. Package info: # apt-cache policy postgresql-common postgresql-common: Installed: 169.pgdg14.04+1 Candidate: 169.pgdg70+1 Version table: 169.pgdg70+1 0 500 http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ wheezy-pgdg/main amd64 Packages *** 169.pgdg14.04+1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 166bzr2 0 500 http://mirror.hetzner.de/ubuntu/packages/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-common/+bug/1498274/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

