Re: pg_ctl -w option does not behave as documented

Uh, do you have a password configured for the super-user? Could that be
the prompt?

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Daniel Alvarez wrote:
> PostgreSQL 7.2.1 / SUSE Linux 8.0
>
> According to the output of "pg_ctl --help", the -w option (lowercase)
> should force the frontend to wait until the postmaster's startup completes.
> Instead it prompts for a password, as with the (-W) option (uppercase).
> Ommiting the option, the frontend still blocks until the end of startup.
>
> The behavior described is trivial and I won't bother you with unnecessary details.
> For reproduction, invoke
>
> pg_ctl start -w -l somelog -o "-i" -D somecluster
>
> and you'll be prompted for a password.
>
> This was correctly implemented in version 7.1.3 and may require a
> change in the invocing scripts when upgrading to version 7.2.1.

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