The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 5896
Logged by: Nacho Mezzadra
Email address: nachomezzadra@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.3.14-1
Operating system: Red Hat 5.3 Enterprise
Description: When server cannot be started, first it says that it
couldn't be started and then Server Started
Details:
When running the command service postgresql-8.3 start, and, lets say that
the port is already in use, and server cannot be started, then a message
comes up saying that the server could not be started (which is correct given
that the specified port was already in use), and right after that a message
says that PostgreSQL started successfully (which is obviously wrong).
Here is the output I get:
[root@RHEL53Nachao 40594]# service postgresql-8.3 start
Starting PostgreSQL 8.3:
waiting for server to
start...............................................................could
not start server
PostgreSQL 8.3 started successfully
[root@RHEL53Nachao 40594]#