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.
That seems a wiser approach to me. Down to which version are you planning a backpatch? As this is aimed for the buildfarm stability with TAP stuff, 9.4? --
