Bug 96981 - postmaster does not restart after ungraceful exit
Summary: postmaster does not restart after ungraceful exit
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: postgresql
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tom Lane
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-06-07 20:02 UTC by Laurent Deniel
Modified: 2013-07-03 02:59 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2004-10-05 19:34:23 UTC
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patch to /etc/init.d/postgresql (474 bytes, patch)
2003-06-07 20:09 UTC, Laurent Deniel 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Laurent Deniel 2003-06-07 20:02:05 UTC 
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Description of problem:
In case of ungraceful exit of postmaster (or machine crash), the 
postmaster deamon can no longer be restarted at boot phase or using 
/etc/init.d/postgresql start

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
7.3.2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1./etc/init.d/postgresql stop
2.touch /var/lib/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
3./etc/init.d/postgresql start
    

Actual Results:  [FAILED]


Expected Results:  [OK]

Additional info:

Fix attached.
Comment 1 Laurent Deniel 2003-06-07 20:09:01 UTC 
Created attachment 92242 [details]
patch to /etc/init.d/postgresql
Comment 2 Andrew Overholt 2003-06-09 14:12:50 UTC 
The init script is currently being completely overhauled.  I will make sure that
your suggestion is taken into consideration.
Comment 3 Tom Lane 2004-10-05 19:34:23 UTC 
I've finally found a hack that solves this problem without the risks
involved in forcibly deleting the lock file.  It's fixed for FC3 and
RHEL3 U4.  See bug #134090.
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