Re: Roadmap for a Win32 port

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> I think eventually pg_ctl should be folded into the postmaster executable.
> This would remove a great amount of possible misunderstandings between the
> two programs.

Like what?

The thing pg_ctl needs to know is where PGDATA is, and that
unfortunately isn't going to be known any better just by sharing
executables.

I don't object to C-ifying pg_ctl, but I don't see that it will
automatically improve pg_ctl's robustness materially.
        regards, tom lane