> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I have applied the following patch to make SIGTERM backend exit clearer
> > in the the server logs. "The system" is not really shutting down, but
> > "the backend" is shutting down.
>
> This is a non-improvement. Please reverse it. SIGTERM would only be
> sent to a backend if the database system were in fact shutting down.
Also, what signal should people send to a backend to kill just that
backend? In my reading of the code, I see:
pqsignal(SIGTERM, die); /* cancel current query and exit */
pqsignal(SIGQUIT, die); /* could reassign this sig for another use */
Are either of them safe?
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