> Now that the postmaster takes a noticeable amount of time to 
> shut down, I'm wondering if pg_ctl's default about whether or not
> to wait ought to be reversed.  That is, "-w" would become the norm,
> and some new switch ("-n" maybe) would be needed if you didn't want
> it to wait.
> 
> Comments?

Agreed.

Actually, without -m f|i flag to pg_ctl and with active sessions 7.0.X
postmaster shuts down long time too.

Vadim

Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:05:14 -0800 
"Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM>
RE: Switch pg_ctl's default about waiting?