Guess what happend here:

[bertheau@dicaprio pg80]$ bin/pg_ctl -D data -l log start
postmaster starting
[bertheau@dicaprio pg80]$

No, postmaster was not starting - it was configured to listen on the
default port - and there was already another postmaster running on 5432.
This information was of course in the log file, but pg_ctl should have
said that the postmaster did not start successfully.

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Markus Bertheau <twanger (AT) bluetwanger (DOT) de> writes:
It did not say that the postmaster had started; it said it was starting,
which was true. If you want it to wait around to verify whether the
postmaster started OK, use the -w switch.

regards, tom lane

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=D0=92 =D0=9F=D1=82=D0=BD, 05.11.2004, =D0=B2 16:46, Tom Lane =D0=BF=D0=B8=
=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
Why is the -w switch not on by default then? (I guess this also answers
the question why it is there at all - i.e. why you have to be able to
not wait for the postmaster to start.)

Thanks

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