On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 03:11:42PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> I appear to have empirical evidence that indicates that PostgreSQL
> can tolerate receiving SIGTERM and/or SIGINT during an NT shutdown.
...
> Note that this seems to
> indicate that a Fast Shutdown can interrupt and supersede a Smart one.
> Message [4] indicates that PostgreSQL was able to restart without any
> manual intervention.
Excellent! Your experimental results trump my hunch, big time.
> Should I submit the attached patch (with ChangeLog) to cygwin-patches
> for consideration?
Yes, please. This patch would seem to provide the last piece needed
(along with cygrunsrv) to make PostgreSQL robust as an NT/Win2000
service. And with no changes whatsoever to PostgreSQL code -- bonus!
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