* Martijn van Oosterhout: >> The fact remains that the postmaster has *always* been coded like that, >> and we have *never* seen any problems. Barring proof that there is a >> problem, I'm uninterested in rewriting it just because someone doesn't >> like it. > > It should probably also be remembered that the "fix" would involve either > polling the status by having select() return more often, or using > sigsetjmp/siglongjmp. The cure is definitly worse than the disease.
The standard trick is to add a pipe to the select and write to that from the signal handler. I'm not sure if it's worth the effort, though. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq