Junaili,
> I am running postgresql 7.4.8 on solaris 10 (and I compile and
> installed slony). Everytime I am trying to reload the configuration
> using pg_ctl reload -D $PGDATA, it deleted the postmaster.pid and
> didn't create a new one. So, after reload, the only way I can restart
> the server is by kill -9 and then start the server again. I check the
> log, nothing is meaningful except the last line:
> LOG: received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files
> I am wondering if anybody has any idea?
Hmmm ... you didn't answer my question on IRC: are you using an alternate
database location defined in postgresql.conf?
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco