Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Alternatively, do the postmaster support and make the
> presumably-minor pg_ctl mods to use it, and then a standalone
> pg_ping utility could come later. I'm not sure how big the utility
> would be, but surely bigger than the delta in pg_ctl.
Bigger than the delta for *just this change* to pg_ctl. I was
thinking of addressing all pg_ctl issues at once, but perhaps this
one makes sense on its own. If so, your alternative does sound
better.
-Kevin