| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Clarifying "server starting" messaging in pg_ctl start without --wait |
| Date: | 2016-12-23 13:47:14 |
| Message-ID: | e90a0dd0-8d5c-113e-020c-dc736f30eafd@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 12/20/16 3:43 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 12/20/16 3:31 PM, Ryan Murphy wrote:
>> I'm concerned some new users may not understand this behavior of pg_ctl,
>> so I wanted to suggest that we add some additional messaging after
>> "server starting" - something like:
>>
>> $ pg_ctl -D datadir -l logfile start
>> server starting
>> (to wait for confirmation that server actually started, try pg_ctl again
>> with --wait)
>
> Maybe the fix is to make --wait the default?
Here is a patch for that.
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
| Attachment | Content-Type | Size |
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| 0001-pg_ctl-Change-default-to-wait-for-all-actions.patch | text/x-patch | 5.9 KB |
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