Re: [bug fix] pg_ctl always uses the same event source

On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> AFAICS, pg_ctl already reports to stderr if stderr is a tty. This whole
> issue only comes up when pg_ctl itself is running as a service (which
> I guess primarily means starting/stopping the postgresql service?).
> So that puts extra weight on trying to be sure that error messages go
> to a predictable place; the user's going to be hard-pressed to debug
> background failures without that.

Agreed. I think if this needs to fixed, then it will be better to do
as per your suggestion of adding a new switch. So I have marked this
patch as "Returned with feedback".

With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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