Hi,


If DEBUGLEVEL is not defined in slon_tools.conf, slon_start can't start 
slon. DEBUGLEVEL should be initialised to 0 if it does not exist in the 
configuration file.

grep DEBUGLEVEL /usr/share/slony1/slon-tools.pm
  my $cmd = "/usr/bin/slon -s $SYNC_CHECK_INTERVAL -d$DEBUGLEVEL 
$CLUSTER_NAME '$dsn' ";

The watchdog does not start cause there is a syntax error in the script :

perl -c /usr/bin/slon_watchdog.old
syntax error at /usr/bin/slon_watchdog.old line 47, near "open "
/usr/bin/slon_watchdog.old had compilation errors.

Here is a patch that just add a semicolon :

--- /usr/bin/slon_watchdog.old  2008-12-24 10:51:34.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/slon_watchdog      2008-12-24 10:51:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   $pid = get_pid($node);
   if (!($pid)) {
     my ($dsn, $dbname) = ($DSN[$nodenum], $DBNAME[$nodenum]);
-    my ($logfile) = "$LOGDIR/slon-$dbname-$node.err"
+    my ($logfile) = "$LOGDIR/slon-$dbname-$node.err";
     open (SLONLOG, ">>$logfile");
     print SLONLOG "WATCHDOG: No Slon is running for node $node!\n";
     print SLONLOG "WATCHDOG: You ought to check the postmaster and slon 
for evidence of a crash!\n";

Regards
-- 
Cyril SCETBON
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