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diff --git a/contrib/start-scripts/linux b/contrib/start-scripts/linux
index f1feb34f94..6d6ff2aed9 100644
--- a/contrib/start-scripts/linux
+++ b/contrib/start-scripts/linux
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
# Original author: Ryan Kirkpatrick <pgsql@rkirkpat.net>
-# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/start-scripts/linux,v 1.8 2006/07/13 14:44:33 petere Exp $
+# $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/start-scripts/linux,v 1.9 2009/08/27 16:59:38 tgl Exp $
## EDIT FROM HERE
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ PGLOG="$PGDATA/serverlog"
# The path that is to be used for the script
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
-# What to use to start up the postmaster (we do NOT use pg_ctl for this,
-# as it adds no value and can cause the postmaster to misrecognize a stale
-# lock file)
+# What to use to start up the postmaster. (If you want the script to wait
+# until the server has started, you could use "pg_ctl start -w" here.
+# But without -w, pg_ctl adds no value.)
DAEMON="$prefix/bin/postmaster"
# What to use to shut down the postmaster