Re: rebellious pg stats collector (reopened case)

> alive". Otherwise you'll have trouble with the collector not stopping
> when you want it to. Look into src/backend/storage/ipc/pmsignal.c:
>
> - return (getppid() == PostmasterPid);
> + return (getppid() != 1);
>
> (Obviously this is a hack, but it should work on any Unixish system)
>
Thanks. I'm going to try this next weekend (when nobody works on the
database) and come back with the results.