Re: [BUGS] BUG #1958: Postmaster doesn't close open file handles on startup

2005-10-13 Thread Tom Lane
"Menno Smits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The postmaster process doesn't close open file handles/sockets when it > daemonises. This means it inherits all open file handles that the parent > process had. This can lead to strange side effects because postgres will > hold sockets and files that it r

Re: [BUGS] BUG #1958: Postmaster doesn't close open file handles on

2005-10-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
I guess we could, though I have rarely seen programs do this. They usually just to the std* descriptors. --- Menno Smits wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > Bug reference: 1958 > Logged by: