Re: BUG #4006: pg_ctl assumes that all config files lie in data_directory

Tom Lane wrote:
> "David Schweikert" <david(at)schweikert(dot)ch> writes:
> > pg_ctl doesn't work if you put postgresql.conf in a different directory than
> > the database data files.
>
> Yeah, this is a known limitation that seems unlikely to get fixed soon,
> as doing it right would appear to require giving pg_ctl the ability to
> parse the config file completely.

FYI, it is a TODO item:

* Allow pg_ctl to work properly with configuration files located outside
the PGDATA directory

pg_ctl can not read the pid file because it isn't located in the
config directory but in the PGDATA directory. The solution is to
allow pg_ctl to read and understand postgresql.conf to find the
data_directory value.

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