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From	Craig Ringer
Subject	Re: Missing pg_control crashes postmaster
Date	July 24, 2018 08:03:49
Msg-id	CAMsr+YFdQScP+SC40j46M2Wy3ZkqWzv_ivrNbb5=FN6xOK3krg@mail.gmail.com Whole thread Raw
In response to	Missing pg_control crashes postmaster (Brian Faherty <anothergenericuser@gmail.com>)
List	pgsql-hackers

On 24 July 2018 at 03:31, Brian Faherty <anothergenericuser@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Hackers,

If a postmaster is running and the pg_control file is removed postgres
will PANIC.

How does that happen?

"Don't go deleting stuff in pgdata" is pretty fundamental.

From: Michael Paquier
Date: 24 July 2018, 07:58:03
Subject: Re: Missing pg_control crashes postmaster

From: Craig Ringer
Date: 24 July 2018, 08:08:26
Subject: Re: Have an encrypted pgpass file