Arthur Knight Hammer <arthur(at)kingofthebears(dot)com> writes:
> $ postgres(at)linux:~/ pg_ctl restart
> waiting for server to shut down....LOG: logger shutting down
> done
> server stopped
> sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `null'
> sh: -c: line 0: `"/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres" (null) < "/dev/null" 2>&1
> &'
> pg_ctl: could not start server: exit code was 512
Yeah, this is already reported and patched, but unfortunately not till
after 8.2.10 et al went out :-(
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2008-09/msg00287.php
regards, tom lane