Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> On 10/02/2015 09:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I wrote:
>>> Here's a rewritten patch that looks at postmaster.pid instead of
>>> pg_control. It should be effectively the same as the prior patch in terms
>>> of response to directory-removal cases, and it should also catch many
>>> overwrite cases.
>> BTW, my thought at the moment is to wait till after next week's releases
>> to push this in. I think it's probably solid, but it doesn't seem like
>> it's worth taking the risk of pushing shortly before a wrap date.
>>
>> If anyone wants to argue for including it in the releases, speak up ...
> Wait, we're backpatching this?
Of course. It's not going to do much for buildfarm stability if it's
only in HEAD.
regards, tom lane