Tom Lane writes: > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think eventually pg_ctl should be folded into the postmaster executable. > > This would remove a great amount of possible misunderstandings between the > > two programs. > > Like what?
The biggie is that pg_ctl reports the postmaster to have started successfully without ever checking. And the "wait" option is broken and not trivial to fix. Other problems are the matching of the port numbers and the requirement that admins should be able to enter a password when the server starts (for SSL). The luring prerequisite here is that the postmaster would have to be able to log directly to a file, which now that all communication is guaranteed to go through elog() should be less complicated, at least compared to fixing the "wait" option. In fact I'm hoping that the Windows porters will run into this same requirement just about pretty soon. -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
