Re: BUG #7750: pid file conflict in RedHat

Hi,

On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 18:41 +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").

Last time I checked (it might be an older version of RHEL), status()
could not use the $pidfile effectively, that's why I did not put it
there. Looks like it is doable now .

Created http://wiki.pgrpms.org/ticket/87 for this. This change will be
available in next patch release.

Regards,
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