On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 08:09 +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> It seems strange that the external_pid_file is never removed. There is
> even a C comment about it:
>
> /* Should we remove the pid file on postmaster exit? */
>
> I think it should be removed with proc_exit hook just like the main
> postmaster.pid file.
>
> Does anyone remember why this was not done originally or have any
> concerns?
Since that was not the case, I propose the attached patch to unlink the
external pid file.
