"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
> But if I move the signals initialization code to after the backend file
> read, that is a *lot* later. This is also *after* the backend has set up
> it's signal handlers, which will crash if things aren't initialized.
Hm? read_backend_variables() happens in SubPostmasterMain(), which
certainly hasn't yet set up any signal handlers. (It has done a
PG_SETMASK, but that could be moved down a few lines if it's a problem;
but my guess is that you want to do that before starting the signals thread
anyway.)
I'd be inclined to think in terms of just moving the
pgwin32_signal_initialize() call out of main.c and into
SubPostmasterMain; you'd also need it in PostmasterMain and
BootstrapMain I suppose, but that's not as bad as any of the
alternatives you mention.
regards, tom lane