Patch applied. Thanks.
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Dave Page wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pgsql-hackers-win32-owner@postgresql.org
> > [mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf
> > Of Bruce Momjian
> > Sent: 27 November 2004 04:33
> > To: leen@wirehub.nl
> > Cc: PostgreSQL Win32 port list; PostgreSQL-development
> > Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [BUGS] pg_autovacuum in
> > 8beta-dev3 small bug
> >
> >
> > Can someone comment on this?
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------------
> >
> > Leen Besselink wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > 8.0beta3 has pg_autovacuum included, when I want to run this as a
> > > Windows service, it says you can use the -I and -R options.
> > >
> > > When I do that and I specify a password with '-P'
> > (uppercase) then in
> > > the registry it's saved as '-p' (lowercase) in the
> > service-commandline
> > > (ImagePath).
>
> This was fixed in v1.21 of pg_autovacuum.c, That rev is tagged for
> beta3, so you should not be seeing this issue unless you actually have
> an older version for some reason.
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/contrib/pg_autovacuum/p
> g_autovacuum.c.diff?r1=1.20;r2=1.21;f=h
>
> > > Also it removes the quotes I added and I'm not so sure it
> > would work
> > > the way it's supposed to, without it.
>
> It's not so much that it strips them (that happens automagically), more
> that it doesn't re-add them when it writes the command line in the
> registry. The attached patch fixes that by simply quoting all options
> that may need it.
>
> > > If you add DependOnService (a REG_MULTI_SZ an
> > array-like-thingie) and
> > > have the name (in this case: pgsql-8.0-beta2-dev3) of a service it
> > > depends on, it will not fail to start (it will not even try, as
> > > PostgreSQL is not running), when PostgreSQL already failed.
> > >
> > > Maybe it's an idea to specify it on the commandline (what
> > service to
> > > depend on).
>
> A -E <service> option is added in the attached patch.
>
> Regards, Dave.
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