BUG #4381: Postgresql daemon won't stay in the foreground

Tom wrote:

I want to run postgres under daemontools, but no matter what I do, postgres
will not stay in the foreground... has anyone else seen this or know how to
fix it?

How are you starting it then? Just run "postgres -D <datadir>", and it
will stay in foreground.

PS. this is unlikely a bug. Please use the pgsql-general mailing list
next time.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

I'm starting it with "postgres -D <datadir>", and it immediately forks
into the background....

Is there something I can do to trap some debug output for you?

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:

Tom Wright <tom.c.wright@gmail.com> writes:

I'm starting it with "postgres -D <datadir>", and it immediately forks
into the background....

Perhaps you have silent_mode set in the configuration file? AFAIK the
postmaster will never fork away from the caller unless that's been set
in one way or another.

regards, tom lane

That did it (was set to silent_mode = on by default).

Thank you very much.

Tom Lane wrote: