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Re: pg_ctl kill support for KILL signal was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add test for postmaster crash restarts.

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-10-01T22:01:27Z
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2017-10-01 17:47:52 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> So we can leave it out of there. OTOH I'm not a huge fan of security by
>> obscurity. I guess this wouldn't be too bad a case.

> I'd personally include it, given that we already allow and document
> ABRT. There's no meaningful difference between the two.

True.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Allow pg_ctl kill to send SIGKILL.

  2. Try to make crash restart test work on windows.

  3. Make new crash restart test a bit more robust.

  4. Add test for postmaster crash restarts.