Re: [Patch] Create a new session in postmaster by calling setsid()

Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk> writes:
> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>  Tom> We'd likely need a switch to control that. If memory serves, there
>  Tom> used to be such a switch, but we got rid of the postmaster's
>  Tom> setsid call and the switch too. We probably should dig in the
>  Tom> archives and review the reasoning about that.

> The tricky part about doing setsid() is this: you're not allowed to do
> it if you're already a process group leader. silent_mode worked by
> having postmaster do another fork, exit in the parent, and do setsid()
> in the child.

Hmph.  Can't we just ignore that error?

			regards, tom lane