Re: Obsolete description in pg_ctl-ref.sgml

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Hmm.  I'm inclined to just remove that sentence.  The fact that you
>> can make the operation fail by pointing it at someplace where there's
>> not a server listening doesn't really seem to merit a disclaimer.  I
>> think waiting IS a well-defined operation now; it just won't succeed
>> if you configure it in a way that doesn't make sense.
>
> +1

On further review, removing only the first sentence doesn't seem very
sensible - one of the two links is also present just a few lines up,
and mentioning just the other one with no context seems pointless. So
I'm just going to remove the whole paragraph.

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