From: Bryan Henderson <bryanh@giraffe.netgate.net>

scrappy · scrappy · commit 213d7b1ae3dc · 1997-11-09T04:43:35.000Z
The attached patch makes elog() write the message to stderr if there is
no frontend to talk to.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.19 1997/09/08 02:31:27 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.20 1997/11/09 04:43:35 scrappy Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ elog(int lev, const char *fmt,...)
 		pq_putstr(line);
 		pq_flush();
 	}
+	if (Pfout == NULL) {
+	/* There is no socket.  One explanation for this is we are running
+	   as the Postmaster.  So we'll write the message to stderr.
+	 */
+		fputs(line, stderr);
+	}
 #endif							/* !PG_STANDALONE */
 
 	if (lev == WARN)

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@`
`7`	`7`	`*`
`8`	`8`	`*`
`9`	`9`	`* IDENTIFICATION`
`10`		`- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.19 1997/09/08 02:31:27 momjian Exp $`
	`10`	`+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.20 1997/11/09 04:43:35 scrappy Exp $`
`11`	`11`	`*`
`12`	`12`	`*-------------------------------------------------------------------------`
`13`	`13`	`*/`
`@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ elog(int lev, const char *fmt,...)`
`162`	`162`	`pq_putstr(line);`
`163`	`163`	`pq_flush();`
`164`	`164`	`}`
	`165`	`+ if (Pfout == NULL) {`
	`166`	`+ /* There is no socket. One explanation for this is we are running`
	`167`	`+ as the Postmaster. So we'll write the message to stderr.`
	`168`	`+ */`
	`169`	`+ fputs(line, stderr);`
	`170`	`+ }`
`165`	`171`	`#endif /* !PG_STANDALONE */`
`166`	`172`
`167`	`173`	`if (lev == WARN)`