Re: Brittleness in regression test setup

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Brittleness in regression test setup
Date: 2008-11-26 11:56:35
Message-ID: 492D3973.4050507@gmx.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> AFAICS the only way you'd end up with a zombie postmaster is if pg_ctl
> stop fails, but I'm failing to understand why that's likely to happen.

No, the zombies appear if the postmaster dies (briefly) after launch.

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