Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org> writes:
> I personally find the behavior of pg_ctl connecting to the postmaster
> _after_ it's started up to verify that it has indeed started up, to be
> a rather broken behavior and think that it shouldn't be the default.
?? It isn't.
I agree that we could do with a better mechanism, though.
regards, tom lane