Re: Improving backend startup interlock

Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> writes:
> Is there some reason that file locking is not acceptable?  Is there
> any platform or filesystem supported for use with PostgreSQL which
> doesn't have working exclusive file locking?

How would we know?  We have never tried to use such a feature.

For sure I would not trust it on an NFS filesystem.  (Although we
disparage running an NFS-mounted database, people do it anyway.)

			regards, tom lane