Hannu Krosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why can't we just open the listening socket _after_ the database has > completed starting up phase ?
The problem is not just there. The real problem is that with this patch installed, it is impossible to report startup errors of any kind, because the client communication mechanism now depends on having working database access. I regard this as a fatal problem :-( regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: 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