Index: src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c,v retrieving revision 1.49 diff -c -c -r1.49 pg_ctl.c *** src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 6 Dec 2004 01:09:20 -0000 1.49 --- src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c 21 Dec 2004 17:34:26 -0000 *************** *** 582,588 **** --- 582,591 ---- print_msg(_("waiting for postmaster to start...")); if (test_postmaster_connection() == false) + { printf(_("could not start postmaster\n")); + exit(1); + } else { print_msg(_(" done\n"));