Re: Fw: [BUGS] BUG #6011: Some extra messages are output in the event log at PostgreSQL startup

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
> "MauMau" <maumau307(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Make pg_ctl's -s option suppress informational event logging.
>
> This will ultimately be up to a committer (and I'm not one), but to
> me it seems reasonable to back-patch if it is addressed this way.
>
>
>> the PostgreSQL Windows service must be registered by "pg_ctl
>> register -s" to make use of this patch. However, according to the
>> current manual, "pg_ctl register" does not take -s option.
>> Actually, pg_ctl does not refuse to take -s, so this is not a big
>> problem.
>>
>> pg_ctl register [-N servicename] [-U username] [-P password]
>> [-D datadir] [-w] [-t seconds] [-o options]
>
> When you write the patch, be sure to include a fix for the docs
> here, please.
>

I attached a patch to fix this bug. I performed the following tests
successfully on Windows Vista (32-bit).

[test case 1]
pg_ctl register -s ...
start PostgreSQL as Windows service from the Control Panel
[result]
The following two messages in question disappeared in event log:

Waiting for server startup...
Server started and accepting connections

[test case 2]
pg_ctl register -s ...
start PostgreSQL not as Windows service (pg_ctl start -w)
[result]
The above messages didn't appear in event log (the same behavior as before)

[test case 3]
pg_ctl register ... (without -s)
start PostgreSQL as Windows service from the Control Panel
[result]
The above messages appeared in event log (the same behavior as before)

[test case 4]
pg_ctl register ... (without -s)
start PostgreSQL not as Windows service (pg_ctl start -w)
[result]
The above messages didn't appear in event log (the same behavior as before)

I wish this will be back-patched in the next minor release.

Regards
MauMau