Re: pg_ctl restart bug - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pg_ctl restart bug
Date
Msg-id 200104202136.f3KLa8I24843@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_ctl restart bug  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-bugs
I can assure you that $@ is never the way to go, always use "$@".  Not
sure about the second change.

> pg_ctl restart works fine with this patch, but I'm not sure whether it
> breaks useful cases for the other paths:
>
> ***************
> *** 323,335 ****
>           shift
>               po_path=$1
>               shift
> !         POSTOPTS=$@
>       fi
>       else # -o given
>           POSTOPTS="-D $PGDATA $POSTOPTS"
>       fi
>
> !     eval '$po_path' '$POSTOPTS' $logopt '&'
>
>       # if had an old lockfile, check to see if we were able to start
>       if [ -n "$oldpid" ];then
> --- 323,335 ----
>           shift
>               po_path=$1
>               shift
> !         POSTOPTS="$@"
>       fi
>       else # -o given
>           POSTOPTS="-D $PGDATA $POSTOPTS"
>       fi
>
> !     eval '$po_path' $POSTOPTS $logopt '&'
>
>       # if had an old lockfile, check to see if we were able to start
>       if [ -n "$oldpid" ];then
>
>
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
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