Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Chander Ganesan <chander(at)otg-nc(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts
Date: 2009-08-26 00:22:16
Message-ID: 4307.1251246136@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca> writes:
> Can postmaster keep a exclusive lock on its own pid file the entire time it's
> running?

That's been discussed, but file locking isn't all that portable or
trustworthy :-(

regards, tom lane

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