Re: pg_ctl reload - is it safe?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: michael(at)synchronicity(dot)com, Pgsql-Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl reload - is it safe?
Date: 2003-10-14 19:31:42
Message-ID: 200310141931.h9EJVgH22477@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Brusser <michael(at)synchronicity(dot)com> writes:
> > Yes, we use NFS. Many of our customers use it as well.
>
> You are of course aware that this is not real safe...

Maybe we should throw a "stop using NFS" if we get an EINTR from
read()/write(), or explain what NFS options they should avoid.

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