Re: [PATCH] pg_ctl should not truncate command lines at 1024 characters

Em qui., 2 de set. de 2021 às 18:36, Phil Krylov <phil@krylov.eu> escreveu:

> Hello,
>
> Lacking a tool to edit postgresql.conf programmatically, people resort
> to passing cluster options on the command line. While passing all
> non-default options in this way may sound like an abuse of the feature,
> IMHO pg_ctl should not blindly truncate generated command lines at
> MAXPGPATH (1024 characters) and then run that, resulting in:
>
The msvc docs says that limit for the command line is 32,767 characters,
while ok for me, I think if not it would be better to check this limit?


> /bin/sh: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting word)
> pg_ctl: could not start server
> Examine the log output.
>
> The attached patch tries to fix it in the least intrusive way.
>
> While we're at it, is it supposed that pg_ctl is a very short-lived
> process and is therefore allowed to leak memory? I've noticed some
> places where I would like to add a free() call.
>
+1 to add free.

regards,
Ranier Vilela