Martin Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the bug report below was recently sent to Debian. The details and my > reply are at http://bugs.debian.org/358546, the executive summary is: > pg_ctl's -w option does not honour postgresql.conf's > unix_socket_directory configuration (and neither $PGHOST).
The proposed patch is just a kluge. We already have a TODO item about the right way to fix it, which is to teach pg_ctl how to read the postgresql.conf file for itself --- this is needed for other possible settings such as data_directory, not only unix_socket_directory. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org