BUG #5329: postmaster fails to start because of an erroneous pg_hba.conf, but doesn't output any error

From: "Olivier Jeannet" <olivier(dot)jeannet(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #5329: postmaster fails to start because of an erroneous pg_hba.conf, but doesn't output any error
Date: 2010-02-16 15:06:35
Message-ID: 201002161506.o1GF6Zrr031245@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 5329
Logged by: Olivier Jeannet
Email address: olivier(dot)jeannet(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 8.4.2
Operating system: Fedora 12 on x86_64
Description: postmaster fails to start because of an erroneous
pg_hba.conf, but doesn't output any error
Details:

After having modified "pg_hba.conf" in bad way, with the following line (the
IP address is not used and not wanted) :

local all all 127.0.0.1 md5

postmaster was unable to start as usual.

I had a hard time finding the problem, as nothing is ouput on the command
line or in the logs.

I suggest to print something when halting on a configuration file parsing
problem.

Best regards,
Olivier Jeannet.

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