> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> How about calling pg_ctl from pg_upgrade to stop the postmaster ?
>
> > Great idea. We never had an automated way to do that before.
>
> I'd just as soon *not* have pg_upgrade assuming that it knows how
> I like my postmaster started. If pg_ctl will work to stop a postmaster
> whether or not it was started with pg_ctl, then it'd probably be a good
> idea to use pg_ctl to ensure that there is no postmaster running in the
> target database. I'd suggest not trying to restart the postmaster
> automatically afterwards, though. Too much site dependency in that.
But doesn't it find the params from the last startup?
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