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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: file-locking and postmaster.pid
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Msg-id 2445.1148507160@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: file-locking and postmaster.pid  (korry <korry@appx.com>)
Responses Re: file-locking and postmaster.pid  (korry <korry@appx.com>)
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korry <korry@appx.com> writes:
> What we currently have in place is not bulletproof.

Well, it fails in the safe direction: the postmaster may occasionally
refuse to start when it should, but it won't ever start when it should
not.  It appears to me that anything relying on file locking will tend
to fail in the other direction, and that's not acceptable IMHO.
        regards, tom lane

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