Re: Obsolete description in pg_ctl-ref.sgml

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Notes
>>>
>>> Waiting for complete startup is not a well-defined operation and
>>> might fail if access control is set up so that a local client cannot
>>> connect without manual interaction (e.g., password authentication).
>>> For additional connection variables, see Section 31.13, and for
>>> passwords, also see Section 31.14.
>>
>> The above also seems to be obsolete, thanks to recently-introduced
>> PQping. Can we remove that?
>
> Should we remove only the first sentence and keep the second one, or
> is it more appropriate to remove the whole thing?

At least the reference to section 31.14 is needless since password
authentication doesn't affect the pg_ctl -w for now. But, on the second
thought, it can still fail because of miss-configuration of connection
variable, for example PGHOST. So we might have to leave the first
sentence with minor change. How about?:

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Notes

Waiting for complete startup is not a well-defined operation and
might fail if access control is set up so that a local client cannot
connect because of wrong configuration (e.g., name of host to
connect to). For additional connection variables, see Section 31.13.
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Regards,

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Fujii Masao
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