Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> I am starting to question the value of config-only directories if pg_ctl
> stop doesn't work, or you have to specify a different directory for
> start and stop.
Yup.
> Did we not think of these things when we designed config-only
> directories? I don't even see this problem mentioned in our
> documentation.
Yeah, we did. The people who were lobbying for the feature didn't care,
or possibly thought that somebody would fix it for them later.
regards, tom lane