Re: Optional postgres database not so optional in 8.1

I now notice that "pg_ctl -w start" fails if the postgres db is missing. 
I am not sure that changing pg_ctl to use this rather than template1 was 
a good thing, and it can't be overridden. I suggest we revert that 
particular change - it seems to me to confer little to no benefit, 
unlike the case with createdb etc.

cheers

andrew



Andrew Dunstan wrote:

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> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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>>> It does seem a bit inconsistent that psql wouldn't connect to the
>>> specified database in order to do -l, if one is specified.
>>> Anyone want to look and see if it's easy to change?
>>>  
>>>
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>>       options.action == ACT_LIST_DB  && options.dbname == NULL ? 
>> "postgres" : options.dbname
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> Tested, and worked fine.
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> Committed on Head and 8.1 branches.
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> cheers
>
> andrew
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