Re: Bug with pg_ctl -w/wait and config-only directories

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 
> Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of lun oct 03 16:03:47 -0300 2011:
> 
> > > I'm not sure how big the overlap is - would it be easier if you moved
> > > the required functionality into pg_upgrade itself, as you mentioned at
> > > some point? As in, would it be easier to fix the config-only directory
> > > case for the limited subset of functionality that pg_upgrade needs?
> > 
> > Not really --- it is the -w/wait mode pg_upgrade needs. There is a lot
> > of new code in pg_ctl that reads the postmaster.pid file for socket
> > location, port number, etc, that doesn't make sense to duplicate. 
> > Frankly, there is the huge problem that they might specify the data
> > directory on the command line --- that would be a bear to support.
> 
> How about creating a library with the controlling stuff that's shared by
> pg_ctl and pg_upgrade?

Fine, but again, unlikely to be backpatched, which means +2 years.

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