On mån, 2011-10-03 at 19:11 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> > On mån, 2011-10-03 at 11:27 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> Frankly, I am confused how this breakage has gone unreported for so
> >> long.
> >
> > Well, nobody is required to use pg_ctl,
>
> You are if you wish to run as a service on Windows.
OK, some people are more prone to use pg_ctl than others. ;-)