Re: Clarifying "server starting" messaging in pg_ctl start without --wait

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Clarifying "server starting" messaging in pg_ctl start without --wait
Date: 2016-12-24 00:10:31
Message-ID: 1475.1482538231@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Is there still a use case for --no-wait in the real world?

Sure. Most system startup scripts aren't going to want to wait.
If we take it out those people will go back to starting the postmaster
by hand.

regards, tom lane

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