On 9/20/12 11:06 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Well, I would have no objection to changing pg_ctl so that it redirects > the postmaster's stdout/stderr when a -l switch is given (actually, > I thought it did that already...). I do object to changing the logger's > behavior as you suggest, because that will break use-cases that work > today. One that I've used personally is adding "fprintf(stderr)" calls > in the logger for debugging the logger itself.
The weird thing is, when the logger process dies and is restarted by the postmaster, then both stdout and stderr point to /dev/null. So the behavior is inconsistent either way. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
