Re: archive_command failures report confusing exit status

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: archive_command failures report confusing exit status
Date: 2007-12-11 23:08:20
Message-ID: 1197414500.4255.1458.camel@ebony.site
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On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 23:31 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > I prefer archive_command = ... for the errdetail though. The commands
> > can be quite long so the extra words don't really add anything, plus
> > they require translation.
>
> I did like this suggestion, but then I noticed, we don't actually report the
> setting of the archive_command setting but the actual command that was
> executed, with the placeholders filled out. So I think the way I posted it
> is more correct.

I think you should lose the "The", if nothing else. Most Postgres
messages I recall say "return code = xx" not "The return code ..."

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Simon Riggs
2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com

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