Tom Lane wrote: > Ryan Murphy <ryanfmur...@gmail.com> writes: > > I'm concerned some new users may not understand this behavior of pg_ctl, so > > I wanted to suggest that we add some additional messaging after "server > > starting" - something like: > > > $ pg_ctl -D datadir -l logfile start > > server starting > > (to wait for confirmation that server actually started, try pg_ctl again > > with --wait) > > That seems annoyingly verbose and nanny-ish. Perhaps we could get the > point across like this: > > $ pg_ctl -D datadir -l logfile start > requested server to start
+1, but also +1 to making --wait the default. Extra points if systemd start scripts are broken by the change ;-) -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers