pg_ctl -w option does not behave as documented - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Daniel Alvarez
Subject pg_ctl -w option does not behave as documented
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Msg-id 002f01c2319a$52f66800$2a06fea9@da1
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Re: pg_ctl -w option does not behave as documented
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PostgreSQL 7.2.1 / SUSE Linux 8.0

According to the output of "pg_ctl --help", the -w option (lowercase)
should force the frontend to wait until the postmaster's startup completes.
Instead it prompts for a password, as with the (-W) option (uppercase).
Ommiting the option, the frontend still blocks until the end of startup.

The behavior described is trivial and I won't bother you with unnecessary d=
etails.
For reproduction, invoke

   pg_ctl start -w -l somelog -o "-i" -D somecluster

and you'll be prompted for a password.

This was correctly implemented in version 7.1.3 and may require a
change in the invocing scripts when upgrading to version 7.2.1.

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