pg_regress-dead-postmaster-v1.patch

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Filename: pg_regress-dead-postmaster-v1.patch
Type: text/x-diff
Part: 0
Message: pg_regress: promptly detect failed postmaster startup

Patch

Format: unified
Series: patch v1
File+
src/test/regress/pg_regress.c 1 1
diff --git a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
index 63fe689..2c46941 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
+++ b/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ regression_main(int argc, char *argv[], init_function ifunc, test_function tfunc
 			 * Fail immediately if postmaster has exited
 			 */
 #ifndef WIN32
-			if (kill(postmaster_pid, 0) != 0)
+			if (waitpid(postmaster_pid, NULL, WNOHANG) == postmaster_pid)
 #else
 			if (WaitForSingleObject(postmaster_pid, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
 #endif