Re: [HACKERS] Re: syslog logging setup broken?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: "Nic Ferrier" <nferrier(at)tapsellferrier(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us, peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: syslog logging setup broken?
Date: 2001-02-06 00:39:24
Message-ID: 18892.981419964@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> "Nic Ferrier" wrote:
>>>> - the postmaster was being started without nohup

> If postmaster is being started by init, it should not need nohup, because
> init never exits and postmaster is not going to get shutdown unexpectedly.

On the other hand, when pg_ctl is invoked by hand, it probably is a bug
that it fails to use nohup. Perhaps this is a reason why pg_ctl should
not be made into a substitute for a startup script?

regards, tom lane

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