I wrote: > Here's a rewritten patch that looks at postmaster.pid instead of > pg_control. It should be effectively the same as the prior patch in terms > of response to directory-removal cases, and it should also catch many > overwrite cases.
BTW, my thought at the moment is to wait till after next week's releases to push this in. I think it's probably solid, but it doesn't seem like it's worth taking the risk of pushing shortly before a wrap date. If anyone wants to argue for including it in the releases, speak up ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers