Re: nicer error out in initdb?

Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> If we find at the bottom of test_config_settings() that we have not been
> able to run successfully at all (i.e. status != 0 at about line 1183 of
> initdb.c) is there any point in continuing? Don't we know that we are
> bound to fail at the template1 creation stage? Maybe we should just exit
> nicely when we do know this.

Nope: since we've been suppressing stderr, "exit nicely" here would
translate as "refuse to provide any information about the problem".
The existing behavior is just fine.

regards, tom lane