BUG #1093: wrong handling of additional parameters in init script

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PostgreSQL Bugs List wrote:

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 1093
Logged by: Konstantin Pelepelin

Email address: cat@dtf.ru

PostgreSQL version: 7.3.4

Operating system: Linux

Description: wrong handling of additional parameters in init script

Details:

I use RPMs for linux, which contain file
/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql

Version for PostgreSQL 7.3.x contains some logic based on the name of script
NAME=`basename $0`
I assume, it is for support of multiple postmasters using additional files
/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/${NAME}

But this variable is dependable of whether this script was called by hand
from its main location as postgresql (or using RedHat's 'service postgresql
start') or from /etc/rc.d/rc (through symlink as S85postgresql)

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"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:

Version for PostgreSQL 7.3.x contains some logic based on the name of script
NAME=`basename $0`
I assume, it is for support of multiple postmasters using additional files
/etc/sysconfig/pgsql/${NAME}

But this variable is dependable of whether this script was called by hand
from its main location as postgresql (or using RedHat's 'service postgresql
start') or from /etc/rc.d/rc (through symlink as S85postgresql)

The version I'm looking at (7.4) works around that as follows:

# Find the name of the script
NAME=`basename $0`
if [ ${NAME:0:1} = "S" -o ${NAME:0:1} = "K" ]
then
NAME=${NAME:3}
fi

which is pretty darn ugly but seems like it will serve.

regards, tom lane