Re: [HACKERS] Sure enough, the lock file is gone

[Tom Lane]

I said:
> Yes, there are lots of systems that will clean /tmp --- and since the
> lock file is an ordinary file (not a socket) pretty much any tmp-cleaner
> is going to decide to remove it.  I think that I had intended to insert
> a periodic touch of the lockfile and forgot to.

Done now.

                        regards, tom lane