IIRC there is no real SIGINT on Windows, so it can only come from a
postgres program. The windows shutdown could be calling pg_ctl to stop the
service, of course.
cheers
andrew
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>>> That log entry is the last (of consequence) entry before
>>> the machine says:
>>>> 2006-09-28 16:40:36.921 LOG: received fast shutdown request
>>> Oh? That's pretty interesting on a Windows machine, because
>>> AFAIK there wouldn't be any standard mechanism that might tie
>>> into our homegrown signal facility. Anyone have a theory on
>>> what might trigger a SIGINT to the postmaster, other than
>>> intentional pg_ctl invocation?
>>
>> pg_ctl will send SIGINT to the postmaster when the service is stopped,
>> or when windows is shutting down.
>
> O.k. that pretty much confirms my suspicion then. The SIGINT likely came
> from the user rebooting windows.
>
>>
>> Do you get anything about the postgresql service in the eventlog within
>> say a minute of this happening? (before or after)
>
> Too late to say now :( I will have to follow up with them.
>
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