Re: [BUGS] BUG #5305: Postgres service stops when closing Windows session

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Chris Travers <chris(at)metatrontech(dot)com>, Cristian Bittel <cbittel(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #5305: Postgres service stops when closing Windows session
Date: 2010-08-26 18:56:38
Message-ID: 26313.1282848998@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Given the existence of the deadman switch mechanism (which I hadn't
>> remembered when this thread started), I'm coming around to the idea that
>> we could just treat exit(128) as nonfatal on Windows. If for some
>> reason the child hadn't died instantly at startup, the deadman switch
>> would distinguish that from the case described here.

> So do you want to code this up?

Who, me? I don't do Windows --- I'd have no way to test it.

regards, tom lane

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