Re: windows doesn't notice backend death - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: windows doesn't notice backend death
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Msg-id 18232.1241539032@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: windows doesn't notice backend death  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: windows doesn't notice backend death  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Re: windows doesn't notice backend death  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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I wrote:
> Attached is a proposed patch for the "dead man switch" idea.
> ...
> Barring objections I'll go ahead and apply this to HEAD.  I'm wondering
> whether we are sufficiently worried about the Windows task manager issue
> to risk back-patching into 8.3 and 8.2 ... comments?

For lack of response, I assume no one wants to back-patch this.
        regards, tom lane


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