Re: SIGTERM/FATAL error

> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > I have applied the following patch to make SIGTERM backend exit clearer
> > in the the server logs.  "The system" is not really shutting down, but
> > "the backend" is shutting down.
> 
> This is a non-improvement.  Please reverse it.  SIGTERM would only be
> sent to a backend if the database system were in fact shutting down.

Also, what signal should people send to a backend to kill just that
backend?  In my reading of the code, I see:
   pqsignal(SIGTERM, die);     /* cancel current query and exit */   pqsignal(SIGQUIT, die);     /* could reassign this
sigfor another use */
 

Are either of them safe?

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