Re: pg_ctl -m fast failing?

Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> writes:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 05:52:15PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
>>> ... the second stop would fail? Am I understanding correctly?
>>> Because that's the behavior I am observing.
>>
>> No, I'd not expect the second stop to fail; and I can't reproduce any
>> such problem here.

> Right. This is the occasional problem that I have been trying, in
> vain, to reproduce lately. Indeed, if I get it into the right state,
> "-m i" will issue complaints as well. But darned if I can make it
> happen again :-(

Hm, so a start immediately followed by a stop sometimes fails? Is the
stop issued too quickly to allow any clients to get in?

regards, tom lane