From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:26:10 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Log PostgreSQL version number on startup
X-Git-Tag: REL_12_BETA1~830
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=689d15e95e3509554fbc1afd231b41f4a1fee669;p=postgresql

Log PostgreSQL version number on startup

Logging the PostgreSQL version on startup is useful for two reasons:
There is a clear marker in the log file that a new postmaster is
beginning, and it's useful for tracking the server version across
startup while upgrading.

Author: Christoph Berg <christoph.berg@credativ.de>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20181121144611.GJ15795@msg.credativ.de/
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diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 119c01d745..40a0222220 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -1052,6 +1052,10 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	whereToSendOutput = DestNone;
 
+	/* Report server startup in log */
+	ereport(LOG,
+			(errmsg("starting %s", PG_VERSION_STR)));
+
 	/*
 	 * Establish input sockets.
 	 *