Re: Windows installation service

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Dann Corbit <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Bill Luton <bluton(at)connx(dot)com>, Larry McGhaw <lmcghaw(at)connx(dot)com>, Mike McKee <mmckee(at)connx(dot)com>, Brian Fifer <bfifer(at)connx(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Windows installation service
Date: 2009-04-10 15:58:51
Message-ID: 49DF6CBB.7020504@dunslane.net
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Dann Corbit wrote:
> The Windows installation service uses pg_ctl to perform the network
> start-up operation.
> This program starts up the postmaster and exits.
> The net effect of performing the operation in this manner is that the
> Windows service manager sees the service as "not running" a few minutes
> after the startup is complete.

I don't know what platform you're running on, but this isn't true of
either of the machines I am looking at right now (one Vista, one WS2k3),
which (correctly) show the service as started.

cheers

andrew

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