Re: pg_control read error message

Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> writes:
> On 18/05/18 14:32, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> If pg_control is for some reason empty, we give an error messagfe like:
>> 2018-05-18 13:24:03.342 CEST [19697] PANIC:  could not read from control
>> file: Success
>> Which is, uh, wrong -- it's definitely not successful.
>> Obviously this is a state where the user is fairly screwed anyway, but we
>> should give a better message.
>> Attached is a patch that does this. Reasonable?

> Looks good to me.

Only comment I have is that I think there's similar shortcuts in a lot
of places :-(

            regards, tom lane