Re: pg_regress starting postmaster

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_regress starting postmaster
Date: 2006-09-24 17:02:20
Message-ID: 7713.1159117340@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
>> The question here
>> is whether you're ready to break existing custom scripts for
>> starting the postmaster. Maybe there are none such in the
>> wild on Windows, but I'd be hesitant to assume that.

> We're guessing there aren't - if there are, those are scripts calling
> the SCM which in turns starts postgresql. So we're doing it now - if it
> turns up in beta that people were actually using it from elsewhere,
> we'll jus thave to put it back.

OK. Well, there's certainly no harm in making pg_regress execute
postgres instead of postmaster, so I'll change that.

regards, tom lane

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