Re: BUG #1224: Restarting postgres appends extra -D argument

I can't reproduce this problem on 7.4.4, and I don't see any changes
that were made between 7.4.3 to 7.4.4.  We had this bug, but it was
fixed in 2001.

The pg_ctl arguments are kept in /data/postmaster.opts.  Can you show a
reproducable test case?

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PostgreSQL Bugs List wrote:
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> The following bug has been logged online:
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> Bug reference:      1224
> Logged by:          David Maggard
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> Email address:      drm31415@charter.net
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> PostgreSQL version: 7.4.3
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> Operating system:   Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 Update 1
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> Description:        Restarting postgres appends extra -D argument
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> Details:
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> I installed from the src, I am using
> /postgresql-7.4.3/contrib/startup-scripts/linux, I have found that
> restarting postgresql via the sysV script or pg_ctl like either of the
> following:
> service postgres restart
> pg_ctl restart -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
>
> results in an extra '-D /usr/local/pgsql/data' being appended each time it
> is done, you can see this by running either of the following after each
> restart:
> service postgres status
> pg_ctl status -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
>
> this isn't a problem for me, but I thought it might be a potential problem
> for someone else
>
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