Re: The real reason why TAP testing isn't ready for prime time

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2015-06-19 11:16:18 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> I wonder whether it's such a good idea for the postmaster to give
>>> up waiting before all children are gone (postmaster.c:1722 in HEAD).

>> I doubt it.

> Seconded. It's pretty bad to possibly not be able to start again after
> stopping it. I don't see the benefit in not waiting - sure, the
> poastmaster exits faster, but postgres hasn't shut down at that point...

Yeah.  I'll see about fixing this.  Hard to be sure if it will fix
hamster's issue though.
        regards, tom lane