Re: CVS Head: Pg_ctl bug?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
> Sent: 29 August 2005 21:12
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Magnus Hagander; pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [BUGS] CVS Head: Pg_ctl bug?
>
> "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> >> In some cases it writes to the eventlog instead of stderr.
>
> > Yes, this is what's happening. Odd though, considering that I have:
> > #log_destination = 'stderr'
> > In my out-of-the-box config.
>
> pg_ctl doesn't read the config file, though. Probably we need to
> make write_stderr aware that it's running in an interactive program
> rather than in the postmaster, and never use the eventlog in
> this context.

Which makes sense given that the entire problem is that it doesn't know
where to find the config file!

/D