The default postgres.conf created would have this setting set to "on". I used the freebsd port to install.
Regards Karthik On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > karthik ananth <karthik.jc...@gmail.com> writes: > > Hi Tom, > > You are right. That worked. I feel it is a documentation bug as with the > > default settings, executing the provided command would not start the > server > > in foreground mode. > > > The default setting for silent_mode is on is what I have seen. > > No, that has certainly never been the default. > > FWIW, we removed that setting entirely as of 9.2. > > regards, tom lane >
