Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> In the now-committed version of this, the 'pg_ctl start' returns
> successfully as soon as the server reaches a consistent state. Which is OK,
> except that it does the same thing when hot_standby=off. When
> hot_standby=off, I would expect it to wait for the end of recovery before
> exiting with a success code.
Um, won't it be waiting forever with that definition?
regards, tom lane