> ... work for you with code built from the cvs tip? I did an update and > build tonight and see
A bit more information: an unadorned "-i" fails: myst$ postmaster -i postgres: invalid option -- r Usage: postgres -boot [-d] [-D datadir] [-F] [-o file] [-x num] dbname -d debug mode -D datadir data directory -F turn off fsync -o file send debug output to file -x num internal use DEBUG: startup process 7172 exited with status 1; aborting startup But no arguments succeeds: myst$ postmaster DEBUG: database system was shut down at 2001-10-19 13:38:20 UTC DEBUG: checkpoint record is at 0/1191A4 DEBUG: redo record is at 0/1191A4; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE DEBUG: next transaction id: 98; next oid: 16557 DEBUG: database system is ready DEBUG: fast shutdown request DEBUG: shutting down DEBUG: database system is shut down And multiple arguments succeeds (without damaging the other arguments): myst$ postmaster -i -p 12000 DEBUG: database system was shut down at 2001-10-19 13:39:08 UTC DEBUG: checkpoint record is at 0/1191E4 DEBUG: redo record is at 0/1191E4; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE DEBUG: next transaction id: 98; next oid: 16557 DEBUG: database system is ready DEBUG: fast shutdown request DEBUG: shutting down DEBUG: database system is shut down I've done a "make clean all install", and did not see this symptom earlier (I've been building and running quite often the last few days with updated cvs sources). - Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster