| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] Adding a --quiet option to initdb |
| Date: | 2006-01-25 19:15:34 |
| Message-ID: | 4969.1138216534@sss.pgh.pa.us |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers pgsql-patches |
Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> I always wondered why the Redhat init scripts thought it was a clever idea to
> redirect the output to /dev/null. It seems like a pessimal user interface
> choice. Every time I have to work with a Redhat machine where Postgres isn't
> starting up the first thing I have to do is edit the init script so I can what
> the problem is.
Yeah, that's finally fixed in the latest versions. The problem was that
sending the postmaster log into a file wasn't a good long-term idea
because of the lack of any way to rotate the log. Current RPMs set up
redirect_stderr with some reasonable rotation options instead.
regards, tom lane
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | James William Pye | 2006-01-25 19:20:38 | Re: Adding a --quiet option to initdb |
| Previous Message | Greg Stark | 2006-01-25 19:09:16 | Re: Cleaning up the INET/CIDR mess |
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | James William Pye | 2006-01-25 19:20:38 | Re: Adding a --quiet option to initdb |
| Previous Message | Peter Eisentraut | 2006-01-25 19:08:49 | Re: Adding a --quiet option to initdb |