From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Michael Renner <michael(dot)renner(at)amd(dot)co(dot)at> |
Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: BUG #5103: "pg_ctl -w (re)start" fails with custom unix_socket_directory |
Date: | 2010-02-22 22:38:38 |
Message-ID: | 201002222238.o1MMccW25355@momjian.us |
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Michael Renner wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Michael Renner wrote:
> >
> >> Mentioning PGHOST in pg_ctl's
> >> manpage/documentation should make this entirely clear for people who
> >> aren't familiar with the extensive environment variables PostgreSQLs
> >> client library can use. [1]
> >
> > Yeah, this has been complained about many, many times.
>
> Usually an indicator that it need's fixing, eh? ;)
>
> >> If this is a viable option I can write a small patch against the
> >> documentation.
> >
> > I think the patch we need here is something that creates a separate
> > manpage for the libpq environment variables, and some kind of note in
> > each and every libpq-using program referring the user to that page.
>
> Looking through the available variables probably only PGHOST seems to be
> of interest for pg_ctl's purposes; psql's manpage already refers to The
> Documentation for further variables and information. What's needed in
> pg_ctl's case is just a pointer for the uninformed, at least for me
> that'd have sufficed.
Based on your suggestion, I have documented the use of PGHOST by pg_ctl
with the attached patch. I specifically mentioned the socket location.
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