Tom Lane wrote:
>> the other problem is that each of those failures leaves spoonbill with a
>> running postgresql instance that causes a follow up failure with the
>> next buildfarm run
>>
>
> I think this is a known buildfarm-script problem --- it forgets to shut
> down the installed postmaster if there's a failure in this step.
>
>
That bug has been fixed (in Script version 1.93 / Release 3.1, released
back in June). Spoonbill is unfortunately running an older version.
cheers
andrew
