Re: BUG #7750: pid file conflict in RedHat

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:41:29PM +0000, postgres(at)tbruce(dot)com wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 7750
> Logged by: Timothy J Bruce
> Email address: postgres(at)tbruce(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.1.6
> Operating system: RedHat v6.2
> Description:
>
> In line 238 of the rpm based init.d script, the pid file is called
> specifically with a qualified path ("status -p
> /var/run/postmaster-9.1.pid"), even though line 70 specifies a variable to
> point to the pid file (pidfile="/var/run/postmaster-9.1.pid").
>
> This is with rpm version of postgres 9.1.4 and 9.1.6 (we haven't tested
> 9.1.7 at this time).

I think you need to report this to Red Hat; we didn't create that file.

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