Re: CVS Head: Pg_ctl bug?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]=20
> Sent: 29 August 2005 21:12
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Magnus Hagander; pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [BUGS] CVS Head: Pg_ctl bug?=20
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> "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:
> >> In some cases it writes to the eventlog instead of stderr.=20
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> > Yes, this is what's happening. Odd though, considering that I have:
> > #log_destination =3D 'stderr'
> > In my out-of-the-box config.
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> pg_ctl doesn't read the config file, though.  Probably we need to
> make write_stderr aware that it's running in an interactive program
> rather than in the postmaster, and never use the eventlog in=20
> this context.

Which makes sense given that the entire problem is that it doesn't know
where to find the config file!

/D