Re: BUG #15916: Confusing upgrade message

On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 08:32:04AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 15916
> Logged by: Marnanel Thurman
> Email address: thomas(at)thurman(dot)org(dot)uk
> PostgreSQL version: 11.4
> Operating system: Debian
> Description:
>
> This happens with version 11.4-1.pgdg90+1 in
> http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ .
>
> The upgrade process prints this message:
>
> Success. You can now start the database server using:
>
> pg_ctlcluster 11 main start
>
> But the server is restarted automatically, immediately afterwards. So the
> message is confusing, and should be suppressed.

Uh, my guess is that initdb is being run as pg_ctlcluster, but that
there is some wrapper around that that is starting the database after
the initdb. I think you need to report this as a bug to the people who
packaged this since pg_ctlcluster is Debian-specific. Was there any
output after this to indicate the server had been started?

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