Re: Missing pg_control crashes postmaster

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Brian Faherty <anothergenericuser(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Missing pg_control crashes postmaster
Date: 2018-07-24 02:03:49
Message-ID: CAMsr+YFdQScP+SC40j46M2Wy3ZkqWzv_ivrNbb5=FN6xOK3krg@mail.gmail.com
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On 24 July 2018 at 03:31, Brian Faherty <anothergenericuser(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hey Hackers,
>
> If a postmaster is running and the pg_control file is removed postgres
> will PANIC.

How does that happen?

"Don't go deleting stuff in pgdata" is pretty fundamental.

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