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

From: David Schweikert <david(at)schweikert(dot)ch>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4006: pg_ctl assumes that all config files lie in data_directory
Date: 2008-03-03 19:09:37
Message-ID: 20080303190937.GA1433@schweikert.ch
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Hi,

On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 12:12:16 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 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.

What about adding a command-line option to specify a different
configuration file? That would be certainly less nice, but also much
easier to implement, I guess.

Cheers
David

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