Re: [HACKERS] Re: syslog logging setup broken?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

To: "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>

Cc: "Nic Ferrier" <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk>, pgman@candle.pha.pa.us, peter_e@gmx.net, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org

Date: 2001-02-06T00:39:24Z

Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers

"Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> "Nic Ferrier" wrote:
>>>> - the postmaster was being started without nohup

> If postmaster is being started by init, it should not need nohup, because
> init never exits and postmaster is not going to get shutdown unexpectedly.

On the other hand, when pg_ctl is invoked by hand, it probably is a bug
that it fails to use nohup.  Perhaps this is a reason why pg_ctl should
not be made into a substitute for a startup script?

			regards, tom lane