Re: BUG #5863: help message report 5433 as default port

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:06 PM, R. Engmann <rengmann@web.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>>
>>> Bug reference: =A0 =A0 =A05863
>>> Logged by: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0R. Engmann
>>> Email address: =A0 =A0 =A0rengmann@web.de
>>> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
>>> Operating system: =A0 Windows 32bit
>>> Description: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0help message report 5433 as default port
>>> Details:
>>>
>>> running =A0postgresql-9.0.3-1-windows.exe --help
>>> tells the default port for postgres is 5433
>>> (supposed to be 5432).
>>
>> I can reproduce this. =A0It appears to be an installer bug. =A0Dave?
>
> Not a bug. The default port will be 5433 if there's something already
> running on 5432.

Oh, gosh.  That's not at all clear from the message you get.

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