Re: pg_ctl strangeness under msys - Mailing list pgsql-hackers-win32
From | Bruce Momjian |
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Subject | Re: pg_ctl strangeness under msys |
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Msg-id | 200410271943.i9RJhtx01465@candle.pha.pa.us Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: pg_ctl strangeness under msys (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>) |
List | pgsql-hackers-win32 |
Andrew Dunstan wrote: > >Have you tried: > > > > pg_ctl start 2>/dev/tty > > > >that would force stderr to go to the tty. This might help because the > >pg_ctl.c test is: > > > > if (!isatty(fileno(stderr))) /* Running as a service */ > > > > > > > > This was about status, not start. > > pg_ctl status 2>/dev/tty > > gives me the same thing as before. But only if the postmaster isn't > running - if it is running I get the status as expected, because then we > write to stdout rather than calling write_stderr() - I'm not sure I > understand why we do that. Yes, that is a bug that is fixed with the applied patch. We should alway print status to stdout, even stopped status. We did that in 7.4 and should continue with that in 8.0. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 Index: src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c,v retrieving revision 1.43 diff -c -c -r1.43 pg_ctl.c *** src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 27 Oct 2004 17:17:07 -0000 1.43 --- src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 27 Oct 2004 19:43:01 -0000 *************** *** 767,786 **** pid = get_pgpid(); if (pid == 0) /* no pid file */ { ! write_stderr(_("%s: neither postmaster nor postgres running\n"), progname); exit(1); } else if (pid < 0) /* standalone backend */ { pid = -pid; ! fprintf(stdout, _("%s: a standalone backend \"postgres\" is running (PID: %ld)\n"), progname, pid); } else /* postmaster */ { char **optlines; ! fprintf(stdout, _("%s: postmaster is running (PID: %ld)\n"), progname, pid); optlines = readfile(postopts_file); if (optlines != NULL) --- 767,786 ---- pid = get_pgpid(); if (pid == 0) /* no pid file */ { ! printf(_("%s: neither postmaster nor postgres running\n"), progname); exit(1); } else if (pid < 0) /* standalone backend */ { pid = -pid; ! printf(_("%s: a standalone backend \"postgres\" is running (PID: %ld)\n"), progname, pid); } else /* postmaster */ { char **optlines; ! printf(_("%s: postmaster is running (PID: %ld)\n"), progname, pid); optlines = readfile(postopts_file); if (optlines != NULL)
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