need a shim between postgresql and pgpool startup

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Seaman <matthew at FreeBSD.org> writes:

Matthew> For extra credit, write a small routine that attempts to log into
Matthew> postgres (or otherwise establish that postgres is up and doing) and
Matthew> loops until it succeeds or it has reached a certain maximum number of
Matthew> tries.  Make this a function called start_precommand() and use the
Matthew> run_rc_command facility so it only runs if the script is given some form
Matthew> of start argument.  Docco on rc script functionality is in rc.subr(8)

Matthew> Also look at:
Matthew> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/rc-scripts.html

Yeah, I'd been staring at those for a few hours, even staring at the
source code of rc.subr to sort this out.  Thanks for the drop-in
answer.  I'll see if it does the job on the next reboot.

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