Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of lun ago 16 11:18:32 -0400 2010: > We could perhaps address that risk another way: after having written > postmaster.pid, try to read it back to verify that it contains what we > wrote, and abort if not. Then, if we can't read it during startup, > it's okay to assume there is no conflicting postmaster.
Makes sense. BTW some past evidence: http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/[email protected] -- Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
