Re: 9.1.3 backends getting stuck in 'startup'

From: Jeff Frost <jeff(at)pgexperts(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 9.1.3 backends getting stuck in 'startup'
Date: 2012-04-28 01:27:34
Message-ID: 4F9B4786.4000104@pgexperts.com
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On 04/27/12 18:15, Tom Lane wrote:
> No, it shouldn't. Perhaps we should start asking questions around the
> idea of "so what changed this morning?". There has to have been some
> triggering cause, a configuration change or application change or
> something.
Oh, we've been asking those questions all day long!

No packages were installed, postgresql.conf last edited on 3/29/2012. Last
application update 4/24/2012. There were some DDL changes, but those were
reverted and the problem persists. To make it more interesting, today is a
slow day.

And we just saw the issue recur with pg_buffercache uninstalled. :-/

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