Re: pg_ctl -m fast failing? - Mailing list pgsql-general

Tom,

> 2003-02-17 21:53  tgl
>
>     * src/backend/commands/async.c (REL7_3_STABLE): Async_NotifyHandler
>     must save and restore ImmediateInterruptOK.  Fixes known problem
>     with failure to respond to 'pg_ctl stop -m fast', and probable
>     problems if SIGINT or SIGTERM arrives while processing a SIGUSR2
>     interrupt that arrived while waiting for a new client query.

So ... if I had a PSQL terminal session open on a remote client, and
did:

pg_ctl -m fast stop
pg_ctl start
pg_ctl -m fast stop

... the second stop would fail?   Am I understanding correctly?
 Because that's the behavior I am observing.

-Josh