Re: pg_ctl configurable timeout

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_ctl configurable timeout
Date: 2007-10-29 20:06:23
Message-ID: 200710292006.l9TK6NW23296@momjian.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Freitag, 17. August 2007 schrieb Peter Eisentraut:
> > I'm having trouble with the hardcoded 60 second timeout in pg_ctl. pg_ctl
> > sometimes just times out and there is no way to make it wait a little
> > longer. I would like to add an option to be able to change that, say
> > pg_ctl -w --timeout=120. Comments?
>
> Lost track of this, but it keeps biting me.
>
> Somehow, the 60 second timeout seems completely arbitrary anyway. Maybe we
> should remove it altogether. We could add an option as described above, but
> then the packager who creates the init script or whoever creates the initial
> configuration will have to make an equally arbitrary choice. And most likely
> you will not notice that your configuration is insufficient until you are
> really in a bind.
>
> What should we do?

How about an environment variable to control the timeout? Is that
cleaner?

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