On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Alban Hertroys <haram...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We back our client application with PG, > > > each OSX user gets their own instance of PG. > > Are you certain that's necessary? > > It was a decision made, weighing various trade-offs, 4 years ago now. > > In the wild this scenario has arisen without intentional interference. > In debugging, yes, we contrived the situation to replicate the behaviour. > Mind you, we may be using PG in an environment that isn't advisable. > > What you replicated is not what happens when your problem occurs. > Processes don't do things like that with each others PID files. > > That is true. But the system does recycle pids, especially after a reboot. I appreciate all the feedback and input from everyone who responded. Thank you!! You have answered our questions, and it gives us food for thought. Michael.
