Cécile Tonglet <cecile.tonglet@gmail.com> writes:
> I think there is an issue with *pg_ctl of PostgreSQL 8.4*, it doesn't
> behave the same than 9.1 and 9.3 (didn't tested 9.2 yet). It does not give
> me back the control if I use *a unix socket different than /run/postgresql
> and disable listening*.
Sorry, you're out of luck on that. Pre-9.1 postmasters don't report
their socket location in postmaster.pid, so pg_ctl doesn't have a way
to find it out if it's not default.
regards, tom lane
