Re: BUG #13594: pg_ctl.exe redirects stderr to Windows Events Log if stderr is redirected to pipe

Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> brolga is still unhappy:

> ... Now, backbranches are proving that compiling pg_ctl.c with those
> routines copied in it actually works fine, so based on my limited time
> for the next couple of days, it may be better to just revert the patch
> entirely on HEAD and apply what has been pushed into back branches to
> stabilize the buildfarm, this will address the bug entirely. And it is
> no good to keep the buildfarm red for long,

Hm, narwhal just reported in green, which I was not expecting, and so did
frogmouth. So brolga seems like an outlier. I think reverting might be
an overreaction. At this point the question is more like "how is brolga
different from the other non-MSVC Windows critters?". Perhaps Andrew
can offer some insight.

regards, tom lane