Re: Starting a PostgreSQL server on a dynamic port (parameter port=0)

On Thursday, July 10, 2025, <a.mitrokhin@postgrespro.ru> wrote:

>
> If you're not interested in this behavior, you'll never use it. But
> there are cases where it can be very convenient. Why artificially
> restrict functionality that is simple, doesn't conflict with anything,
> and has no negative side effects?
>

Then figure out how to do it on all the OSes we support and propose a
patch.  Maybe it’s simple enough to include.  Maybe not.  If it is simple e
on an OS one cares about a shell script around pg_ctl is a simple way to
leverage it so it’s still a fairly low priority to add into core.

David J.