Re: pg_ctl -m fast failing?

Tom,

> No, I'd not expect the second stop to fail; and I can't reproduce any
> such problem here.

I've had it happen once.

> The known bug might cause the *first* stop to fail; it basically
> triggers if you have a client that sits idle for a long time (while
> other sessions are doing work) and still remains idle after the shutdown
> command comes.

So ... the workaround for 7.2.4 would be to have a server-side script hunt for 
idle connections after shutdown and kill -9 them?

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-Josh Berkus
 Aglio Database Solutions
 San Francisco