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| From: | L Bayuk <lbayuk(at)pobox(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | 8.2.0 upgrade issue: postmaster -S |
| Date: | 2006-12-28 00:43:28 |
| Message-ID: | 20061228004328.GA364@mail.mindspring.com |
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Something to watch out for when upgrading to 8.2.0:
My server start command for 8.1.5 and many prior releases:
$ postmaster -D /opt/postgres/data -S -i
Try it at 8.2.0:
$ postmaster -D /opt/postgres/data -S -i
FATAL: parameter "work_mem" requires an integer value
Reason: 'postmaster' and 'postgres' merged into one command.
postmaster -S used to mean: silent mode. Now it means: Set
memory used for sorting. Unfortunately, the reference manual still
documents the old meaning for -S (PostgreSQL Server Applications, postgres
command, -S option). Actually it switched. At 8.1.5 the manual said
"postgres -S" meant set sort memory, and "postmaster -S" meant silent.
At 8.2.0 "postmaster" is a "deprecated alias of postgres", and "postgres -S"
is now documented as silent mode. But it isn't.
Yes, I know, I should have switched to using "pg_ctl start" before now.
| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, L Bayuk <lbayuk(at)pobox(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: 8.2.0 upgrade issue: postmaster -S |
| Date: | 2006-12-28 01:34:08 |
| Message-ID: | 28309.1167269648@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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L Bayuk <lbayuk(at)pobox(dot)com> writes:
> postmaster -S used to mean: silent mode. Now it means: Set
> memory used for sorting. Unfortunately, the reference manual still
> documents the old meaning for -S (PostgreSQL Server Applications, postgres
> command, -S option).
Hmmm ... Peter, is this a documentation error or a code error? I can't
remember which options we agreed should get the single-letter switches.
regards, tom lane