>>>>There is special code in the send_message_to_server_log 
>>>
>>>function to make
>>>
>>>>sure it's written directly to the file.
>>>
>>>If the logger is complaining, it's quite possibly because it's 
>>>unable to
>>>write to its file.  Now that you mention it, doesn't this 
>code go into
>>>infinite recursion if write_syslogger_file_binary() tries to ereport?
>
>Yes, apparently.
>
>Actually, elog.c code should look like this:
>
>if ((Log_destination & LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR) ...)
>{
>    if (am_syslogger)
>       write_syslogger_file(buf.data, buf.len);
>    else
>       fwrite(buf.data, 1, buf.len, stderr);
>}
>
>This avoids unnecessary pipe traffic (which might fail too) 
>and gettext translation.

That's sort of what I thought, but without being certain at all.


>Next, the elog call in write_syslogger_file_binary will almost 
>certainly 
>loop, so it should call write_stderr then (since eventlog is usually 
>fixed-size with cyclic writing, even in out-of-disk-space conditions 
>something might get logged).

Ok. I've included these changes in the attached patch. Haven't tested
those specific codepaths, but the other changes still work...

>3rd, I've been proposing to have redirect_stderr=true on by default at 
>least on win32 earlier, I still think this is reasonable.

It's already the default if you install from the MSI installer. 

//Magnus

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