Oliver Jowett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> However, I would still like to know why 7.4 didn't show the same >> misbehavior, when it isn't using this flag.
> It looks like the 7.4 code never unblocks signals in the collector > process, so that process never gets stopped by SIGTSTP. Good catch --- that seems to explain all the facts. Since the collector SIG_IGN's all the signals it'd be likely to get in normal operation, it's not surprising we did not notice this. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings