Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] syslog logging setup broken?

[Tom Lane]

"Oliver Elphick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Nic Ferrier" wrote:
>>>> - the postmaster was being started without nohup
 
> If postmaster is being started by init, it should not need nohup, because
> init never exits and postmaster is not going to get shutdown unexpectedly.

On the other hand, when pg_ctl is invoked by hand, it probably is a bug
that it fails to use nohup.  Perhaps this is a reason why pg_ctl should
not be made into a substitute for a startup script?

                        regards, tom lane