> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 August 2004 16:24 > To: Dave Page > Cc: Andrew Dunstan; Magnus Hagander; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PostgreSQL-patches > Subject: Re: [PATCHES] [pgsql-hackers-win32] postmaster.pid > > "Dave Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> ISTM we should not ever queue any event for signal 0. > > > That was my original intention, however Magnus thought it > best just to > > let it be queued and subsequently ignored by the backend - thinking > > about it 15 minutes later I can't for the life of me think > why that's > > any better... > > Are there any error cases that we would miss detecting if it > didn't go that far?
None that I can think of. If we managed to open the pipe and get the zero back, then we've proved the process is there and is postgres. Regards Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
