Re: BUG #18958: "pg_ctl start" allows subsequent CTRL-C key in cmd.exe to unexpectedly terminate cluster on Windows

David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>

From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>

To: Seva Zaslavsky <szaslavsky@mpcapitallp.com>

Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org

Date: 2025-06-13T14:58:05Z

Lists: pgsql-bugs

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM Seva Zaslavsky <szaslavsky@mpcapitallp.com>
wrote:

> Using the -l flag with "pg_ctl start"  resolves this issue.  This was a
> significant behavior change since PG 13.18.
>

I don't recall this changing recently...the documentation hasn't at least...

David - Thank you for the quick response.  Would appreciate if you have any
> thoughts on another logging bug (or behavior change since PG 13.18) that I
> documented on June 11 in #18955.
>
That seems Windows OS specific which I'm unable to review and comment upon.

David J.