Re: Shutdown TRUE? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Shutdown TRUE?
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Msg-id 3458.1001017816@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Shutdown TRUE?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Shutdown TRUE?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> It means the latest checkpoint record in the WAL log has the shutdown bit
>> set, implying that there was an intentional shutdown.

> I'd hardly consider a kill -9 an intentional shutdown.  ???

Huh?  If you zap the postmaster with kill -9, the last checkpoint record
in the WAL log will not have the shutdown bit set.
        regards, tom lane


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