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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c index 55471085086..75f2f82548f 100644 --- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c +++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c @@ -1183,7 +1183,17 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[]) * Log_destination permits. We don't do this until the postmaster is * fully launched, since startup failures may as well be reported to * stderr. + * + * If we are in fact disabling logging to stderr, first emit a log message + * saying so, to provide a breadcrumb trail for users who may not remember + * that their logging is configured to go somewhere else. */ + if (!(Log_destination & LOG_DESTINATION_STDERR)) + ereport(LOG, + (errmsg("ending log output to stderr"), + errhint("Future log output will go to log destination \"%s\".", + Log_destination_string))); + whereToSendOutput = DestNone; /* |