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From Thomas Munro
Subject Re: `pg_ctl init` crashes when run concurrently; semget(2) suspected
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In response to Re: `pg_ctl init` crashes when run concurrently; semget(2) suspected  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> A bit more research later: OpenBSD behaves like NetBSD, while
> FreeBSD behaves like Linux.  So that's pretty inconclusive about
> what the aboriginal behavior was.  I also found that OpenIndiana
> behaves like Linux.

Out of curiosity, FreeBSD changed that in 2016:

https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/f00fb5457ebf5907055e420d803ac67fb098109e

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