Darcy Buskermolen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'm sure if you read the footers on Tom's email's it's pretty clearly stated 
> 'do not kill -9 the postmaster'. 
> So I'm not so sure that this is really a bug. 

The operating environment is free to kill -9 the postmaster at any
time, and PostgreSQL is expected to ensure database consistency
nevertheless.

After all, PostgreSQL is a database and not a cardbox.

(But holes in sequence numbers certainly do not endanger database
consistency.)

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