Re: pg_upgrade using appname to lock out other users

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

To: "Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@rice.edu>

Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2011-06-16T04:47:32Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

"Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@rice.edu> writes:
> As an operations guy, the idea of an upgrade using a random,
> non-repeatable port selection gives me the hebejeebees.

Yeah, I agree.  The latest version of the patch doesn't appear to have
any random component to it, though --- it just expects the user to
provide port numbers as switches.

			regards, tom lane