Re: "pg_ctl promote" exit status

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 01:54:06PM -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 1/12/13 3:30 PM, Aaron W. Swenson wrote:
> > The Linux Standard Base Core Specification 3.1 says this should return
> > '3'. [1]
> >
> > [1] http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html
>
> The LSB spec doesn't say anything about a "promote" action.
>
> And for the stop and reload actions that you tried to change, 3 is
> "unimplemented".
>
> There is an ongoing discussion about the exit status of the stop action
> under <https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/patch_view?id=1045>, so
> let's keep this item about the "promote" action.

You are right. Had I read a little further down, it seems that the
exit status should actually be 7.

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