Re: Bug with pg_ctl -w/wait and config-only directories - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Bug with pg_ctl -w/wait and config-only directories
Date
Msg-id 16116.1317656062@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Bug with pg_ctl -w/wait and config-only directories  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Bug with pg_ctl -w/wait and config-only directories
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> I am starting to question the value of config-only directories if pg_ctl
> stop doesn't work, or you have to specify a different directory for
> start and stop.

Yup.

> Did we not think of these things when we designed config-only
> directories?  I don't even see this problem mentioned in our
> documentation.

Yeah, we did.  The people who were lobbying for the feature didn't care,
or possibly thought that somebody would fix it for them later.
        regards, tom lane


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