On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Tom Lane<t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> So with this change you would have the startup script not remove the >> lock file? > > Huh? The startup script shouldn't *ever* remove the lock file. > That's been true all along, and this doesn't change it.
I thought that was the whole difference between using pg_ctl to start up and the initscripts. Since the init script knows it's starting something up at boot time it knows any lock files are left over and might contain the pid of one of the other processes the init script starts. I did have another thought. It could compare the time from uptime to the timestamp on the lock file. If the server's been restarted since the time in the lock file then it must be stale. uhm. unless clock's been changed... -- greg http://mit.edu/~gsstark/resume.pdf -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
