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)