Re: [HACKERS] postgres under linux can't start because of postmaster.pid
I just consider this may happens and pg can't recover correctly: if postgres crashed last time and left a postmaster.pid file, and last postgres id is reused by another process which is not postgres now. Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] дÈëÏûÏ¢ÐÂÎÅ:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Richard Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I construct a postmaster.pid file and then set the pid to be one of existing process id(not postgres, e.g vim), then I run postgres. This may happen if postgres crashed last time and left a postmaster.pid file, and last postgres id is reused by another process which is not postgres now. Don't do that. The postmaster is perfectly capable of recovering on its own, why would you want to mess with the postmaster.pid file? regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [HACKERS] postgres under linux can't start because of postmaster.pid
Richard Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just consider this may happens and pg can't recover correctly: if postgres crashed last time and left a postmaster.pid file, and last postgres id is reused by another process which is not postgres now. Postgres defends itself against that just fine, at least in any reasonably recent release. There are some corner cases where it could have problems, but scripted hacking on the .pid file is just about guaranteed to make things worse not better. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [HACKERS] postgres under linux can't start because of postmaster.pid
Richard Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I construct a postmaster.pid file and then set the pid to be one of existing process id(not postgres, e.g vim), then I run postgres. This may happen if postgres crashed last time and left a postmaster.pid file, and last postgres id is reused by another process which is not postgres now. Don't do that. The postmaster is perfectly capable of recovering on its own, why would you want to mess with the postmaster.pid file? regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
