Re: BUG #14190: 'silent_mode=on', 'pg_ctl restart -w' or 'pg_ctl start -w' reports error - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

sideuxb-ky.consultant@dgfip.finances.gouv.fr writes:
> From version 9.1.20, with "silent_mode=on", 'pg_ctl restart -w -D $PGDATA -m
> fast' or 'pg_ctl stop -w -D $PGDATA -m fast' reports:

> waiting for server to start.... stopped waiting
> pg_ctl: could not start server
> Examine the log output.

silent_mode is gone entirely in 9.2 and later.  IIRC, one of the reasons
for removing it was that it breaks pg_ctl -w.  Don't use it if you intend
to start/stop the postmaster that way.

            regards, tom lane