bh: thuban/test postgissupport.py,1.9,1.10

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Author: bh

Update of /thubanrepository/thuban/test
In directory doto:/tmp/cvs-serv23799/test

Modified Files:
	postgissupport.py 
Log Message:
(PostgreSQLServer.is_running): Fix typo
in the doc string and rephrase it a little.


Index: postgissupport.py
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RCS file: /thubanrepository/thuban/test/postgissupport.py,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -d -r1.9 -r1.10
--- postgissupport.py	12 Mar 2004 12:59:33 -0000	1.9
+++ postgissupport.py	15 Dec 2004 11:12:11 -0000	1.10
@@ -184,12 +184,16 @@
             raise RuntimeError("postmaster didn't start")
 
     def is_running(self):
-        """Return true a postmaster process is running on self.dbdir
+        """Return whether a postmaster process is running on self.dbdir
 
-        This method runs pg_ctl status on the dbdir so even if the
-        object has just been created it is possible that this method
-        returns true if there's still a postmaster process running for
-        self.dbdir.
+        This method runs pg_ctl status on the dbdir and returns True if
+        that command succeeds and False otherwise.
+
+        Note that it is possible that this method returns true even if
+        the PostgreSQLServer instance has just been created and
+        createdb() has not been called yet.  This can happen, for
+        instance, if the server has been started manually for debugging
+        purposes after a test suite run.
         """
         return run_boolean_command(["pg_ctl", "-D", self.dbdir, "status"])