Re: pg_upgrade exit_nicely()

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade exit_nicely()
Date: 2011-03-31 20:54:15
Message-ID: 201103312054.p2VKsFR28954@momjian.us
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Feel free to apply this to HEAD.

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> While reading around in pg_upgrade code I came across the slightly
> bizarre function
>
> void exit_nicely(bool need_cleanup)
>
> The parameter doesn't actually determine whether any cleanup is done.
> The "cleanup" is done anyway and the parameter only controls the exit
> code in a backwards way.
>
> Also most of the cleanup appears to be useless, because you don't need
> to close files or free memory before the program exits.
>
> I figured this could be written more cleanly with an exit hook, so here
> is a patch. I don't care much whether this patch is for now or later,
> just wanted to throw it out there.
>

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