Jason Tishler <Jason(dot)Tishler(at)dothill(dot)com> writes:
> I've already tested the no postmaster case. Please be more explicit
> regarding "connecting to a nonexistent socket" and etc. I'm afraid that
> if I guess then I'll miss something.
The cases I was thinking of were (a) no socket file (normal case if no
postmaster) and (b) socket file present but no postmaster attached ---
you can get that by kill -9'ing the postmaster ...
regards, tom lane