Tom Lane wrote: > No, because the external pidfile has zero to do with Postgres' internal > behavior. > +1. So we have two options: have external_pid_file mimics the internal behavior or deprecates it.
I couldn't find the discussion about it; just the patch [1]. IIRC this 'feature' was proposed to permit another home to postmaster.pid file. Am I wrong? But seems to duplicate the pid file information. [1] http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2004-06/msg00006.php -- Euler Taveira de Oliveira http://www.timbira.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
