Re: Service control enhancements

Patch applied.  Thanks.

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Dave Page wrote:
> The attached patch improves pg_ctl's win32 service code to eliminate
> some possible causes of the stale postmaster.pid problem that some users
> have reported.
>
> - The service did not properly report that it accepts
> SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN events, thus it's possible the SCM simply
> killed the postmaster on shutdown.
>
> - 'WaitHints' are now given to the SCM to prevent it timing out if
> pg_ctl doesn't respond to a control event quickly enough.
>
> - During shutdown, the service checkpoint counter is incremented every
> five seconds for up to a minute to prevent the SCM timing out and
> assuming the service is not responding.
>
> Please apply.
>
> Regards, Dave.

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