Steve McWilliams wrote: > I have noticed on linux that if you try to start postmaster via "pg_ctl > -w", but the postmaster fails to run (e.g. if you forgot to create > PGDATA), it returns a 0 exit code. It needs to return a non-0 exit code > if postmaster failed to start, when you are using the "-w" option to wait > for it to start.
OK, this small applied patch fixes the problem. pg_ctl.c is a new file in 8.0 so we didn't hit all the return values correctly on our first try. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
Index: src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c,v retrieving revision 1.49 diff -c -c -r1.49 pg_ctl.c *** src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 6 Dec 2004 01:09:20 -0000 1.49 --- src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 21 Dec 2004 17:34:26 -0000 *************** *** 582,588 **** --- 582,591 ---- print_msg(_("waiting for postmaster to start...")); if (test_postmaster_connection() == false) + { printf(_("could not start postmaster\n")); + exit(1); + } else { print_msg(_(" done\n"));
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