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    <para>
     <option>restart</option> mode effectively executes a stop followed
     by a start.  This allows changing the <command>postgres</command>
!    command-line options.
    </para>
  
    <para>
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    <para>
     <option>restart</option> mode effectively executes a stop followed
     by a start.  This allows changing the <command>postgres</command>
!    command-line options.  <option>restart</option> might fail if
!    relative paths specified were specified on the command-line during
!    server start.
    </para>
  
    <para>
