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From Martin Pitt
Subject Re: [Fwd: Bug#255208: postgresql - ignores SIGPIPE]
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Msg-id 20040623083422.GC2995@donald.intranet.fbn-dd.de
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In response to Re: [Fwd: Bug#255208: postgresql - ignores SIGPIPE]  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi Tom, hi Bastian!

On 2004-06-20  7:49 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> > The postgres daemon ignores SIGPIPE.
>=20
> This is not a bug; it's intentional.

The original submitter (Bastian Blank) commented on this:

> The reason is not documented and the daemon is able to abort queries in
> this state.
>=20
> It makes systems unusable by stuck server processes which aren't
> abortable without admin intervention.
>=20
> Bastian

Thanks and have a nice day,

Martin
--=20
Martin Pitt                 Debian GNU/Linux Developer
martin@piware.de                      mpitt@debian.org
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