Re: Obsolete description in pg_ctl-ref.sgml - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Obsolete description in pg_ctl-ref.sgml
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Msg-id AANLkTikMLVQh7+1swfzqswPuSqoxk6APipoBEhf3tcp6@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Obsolete description in pg_ctl-ref.sgml  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Obsolete description in pg_ctl-ref.sgml  (Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> Hmm.  I'm inclined to just remove that sentence.  The fact that you
>> can make the operation fail by pointing it at someplace where there's
>> not a server listening doesn't really seem to merit a disclaimer.  I
>> think waiting IS a well-defined operation now; it just won't succeed
>> if you configure it in a way that doesn't make sense.
>
> +1

On further review, removing only the first sentence doesn't seem very
sensible - one of the two links is also present just a few lines up,
and mentioning just the other one with no context seems pointless.  So
I'm just going to remove the whole paragraph.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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