Re: "pg_ctl restart" in 7.1.2

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:

> Trond Eivind Glomsrød writes:
>
> > "pg_ctl restart" seems to not work as documented in postgresql 7.1.2.
> >
> > bash-2.04$ /usr/bin/pg_ctl restart -w -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -m fast
> > waiting for postmaster to shut down......done
> > postmaster successfully shut down
> > /usr/bin/postmaster: invalid argument -- '-D'
> > Try '/usr/bin/postmaster --help' for more information.
> > waiting for postmaster to
> > start................................................................failed
> > pg_ctl: postmaster does not start
> > bash-2.04$
>
> There was a bug related to this fixed in 7.1.2. I think you are trying to
> restart with 7.1.2 pg_ctl an installation that was initially started with
> 7.1.1 or earlier, or vice versa. I guess that doesn't work. :-(

No, this is 7.1.2 fresh install. I'm working with the initscripts in
the rpm dist to make it work with locales properly, as the current 7.1
way of setting "C" gives invalid results for Norwegian and others.

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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.