Ð ÐÑÐ, 05.11.2004, Ð 16:46, Tom Lane ÐÐÑÐÑ: > Markus Bertheau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Guess what happend here: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] pg80]$ bin/pg_ctl -D data -l log start > > postmaster starting > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] pg80]$ > > > No, postmaster was not starting - it was configured to listen on the > > default port - and there was already another postmaster running on 5432. > > This information was of course in the log file, but pg_ctl should have > > said that the postmaster did not start successfully. > > It did not say that the postmaster had started; it said it was starting, > which was true. If you want it to wait around to verify whether the > postmaster started OK, use the -w switch.
Why is the -w switch not on by default then? (I guess this also answers the question why it is there at all - i.e. why you have to be able to not wait for the postmaster to start.) Thanks -- Markus Bertheau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
