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
On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 11:32:53PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> > Doesn't removing the file reduce the chances of failing to start later
> > in case another postmaster already has that pid?
>
> No, because the external pidfile has zero to do with Postgres' internal
> behavior.
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> > Doesn't removing the file reduce the chances of failing to start later
> > in case another postmaster already has that pid?
>
> No, because the external pidfile has zero to do with Postgres' internal
> behavior.
>
> Personally I always thought that the
Bruce Momjian writes:
> Doesn't removing the file reduce the chances of failing to start later
> in case another postmaster already has that pid?
No, because the external pidfile has zero to do with Postgres' internal
behavior.
Personally I always thought that the external pidfile was a "feature
Tom Lane wrote:
> Euler Taveira de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Martin Pitt wrote:
> >> I just played around with external_pid_file in 8.1.4. I noticed that
> >> the file is created and filled properly, but it is not removed again
> >> when the server is stopped.
> >>
> > Looking at th
Euler Taveira de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Martin Pitt wrote:
>> I just played around with external_pid_file in 8.1.4. I noticed that
>> the file is created and filled properly, but it is not removed again
>> when the server is stopped.
>>
> Looking at the code I see this comment in
>
Martin Pitt wrote:
> I just played around with external_pid_file in 8.1.4. I noticed that
> the file is created and filled properly, but it is not removed again
> when the server is stopped.
>
Looking at the code I see this comment in
src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
/* Should we remove the p
Hi PostgreSQL developers,
I just played around with external_pid_file in 8.1.4. I noticed that
the file is created and filled properly, but it is not removed again
when the server is stopped.
Thank you,
Martin
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