Re: BUG #5065: pg_ctl start fails as administrator, with "could not locate matching postgres executable" - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #5065: pg_ctl start fails as administrator, with "could not locate matching postgres executable"
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Msg-id 12222.1258407555@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #5065: pg_ctl start fails as administrator, with "could not locate matching postgres executable"  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #5065: pg_ctl start fails as administrator, with "could not locate matching postgres executable"  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> Which leads to the question - do we want to back out the
>> patch, have 8.2 keep working on that, and having 8.2 fail in the few
>> unusual scenarios we have now, or do we also backpatch the requirement
>> to run on win2k or later?

> I think the safest course is to revert the fix and keep 8.2 working on
> all platforms on which it used to work.

+1 --- since this seems to be a corner case, desupporting old Windows
versions in a minor update doesn't seem like the thing to do.

Sorry for creating work for you, Magnus.

            regards, tom lane

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