Обсуждение: No documentation on how pg_ctl is installed
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/app-pg-ctl.html Description: I have used postgresql@14 for several years and have always used pg_ctl to start the postgres server, check status etc. I tried upgrading to postgresql@15 with the command brew install postgresql@15 on a Mac from Terminal and pg_ctl is apparently not installed. The Documentation page for pg_ctl goes into all kinds of detail about the utility, the options to use, etc. but NOTHING about how it is installed, troubleshooting when it doesn't work or when it is not found. Google searches yield very little information also. Fairly new to postgres - apologies for the newbie comments but a little more documentation is needed here.
> On 23 Apr 2024, at 14:40, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote: > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/app-pg-ctl.html > Description: > > I have used postgresql@14 for several years and have always used pg_ctl to > start the postgres server, check status etc. > > I tried upgrading to postgresql@15 with the command brew install > postgresql@15 on a Mac from Terminal and pg_ctl is apparently not installed. > The Documentation page for pg_ctl goes into all kinds of detail about the > utility, the options to use, etc. but NOTHING about how it is installed, > troubleshooting when it doesn't work or when it is not found. Google > searches yield very little information also. > > Fairly new to postgres - apologies for the newbie comments but a little more > documentation is needed here. This sounds like a question for the Homebrew maintainers, the postgres project is not packaging postgres for Homebrew and have no insight into how they do it. -- Daniel Gustafsson
Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>> On 23 Apr 2024, at 14:40, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
>> I tried upgrading to postgresql@15 with the command brew install
>> postgresql@15 on a Mac from Terminal and pg_ctl is apparently not installed.
> This sounds like a question for the Homebrew maintainers, the postgres project
> is not packaging postgres for Homebrew and have no insight into how they do it.
Indeed. It's somewhat common though for packagers to split
client-side Postgres programs (psql, libpq, etc) from server-side
(which'd include pg_ctl as well as the server proper). I'd check
for a related server package before you go complaining to the
homebrew folks.
regards, tom lane
On 23.04.24 14:40, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/app-pg-ctl.html > Description: > > I have used postgresql@14 for several years and have always used pg_ctl to > start the postgres server, check status etc. > > I tried upgrading to postgresql@15 with the command brew install > postgresql@15 on a Mac from Terminal and pg_ctl is apparently not installed. > The Documentation page for pg_ctl goes into all kinds of detail about the > utility, the options to use, etc. but NOTHING about how it is installed, > troubleshooting when it doesn't work or when it is not found. Google > searches yield very little information also. I see pg_ctl in the normal package-specific bin directory, e.g., /usr/local/opt/postgresql@15/bin/pg_ctl or /opt/homebrew/opt/postgresql@15/bin/pg_ctl.