Re: Clarifying "server starting" messaging in pg_ctl start without --wait

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Clarifying "server starting" messaging in pg_ctl start without --wait
Date: 2016-12-20 20:47:11
Message-ID: 25238.1482266831@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'm concerned some new users may not understand this behavior of pg_ctl, so
> I wanted to suggest that we add some additional messaging after "server
> starting" - something like:

> $ pg_ctl -D datadir -l logfile start
> server starting
> (to wait for confirmation that server actually started, try pg_ctl again
> with --wait)

That seems annoyingly verbose and nanny-ish. Perhaps we could get the
point across like this:

$ pg_ctl -D datadir -l logfile start
requested server to start
$

regards, tom lane

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