Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Chander Ganesan" <chander(at)otg-nc(dot)com>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: We should Axe /contrib/start-scripts
Date: 2009-08-19 22:52:25
Message-ID: 4A8C3BD90200002500029E0D@gw.wicourts.gov
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I wrote:

> Oh, right -- it does let PostgreSQL automatically deal with the file
> left by a different instance, but could still fail on it's own file.

Er, it does let PostgreSQL automatically deal with a different
instance using the PID matching what this instance left in its file,
but could be a problem if something else under this same user ID, like
a higher level script above pg_ctl, is now using the PID.

<sigh />

-Kevin

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