Dan Moschuk <dan(at)freebsd(dot)org> writes:
> So it is getting a virtual timer from somewhere. A grep of the backend
> directory revealed no setitimer() occurances, so I can confirm that it
> isn't postmaster doing it. And if the shells environment is unlimited,
> which doesn't leave very many culprits left. :/
Yes. It would be good to question my assumption that the exit code
is a signal --- I can't see what else it could be, but can you run
the backend with a breakpoint set at exit(), and get a backtrace?
regards, tom lane