Re: The last configuration file patch (I hope!) This one

Bruce Momjian wrote:

>mlw wrote:
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>>>I raised the possibility of moving the pid file only last week.  Tom
>>>pointed out that it acts as a lock on the database to prevent two
>>>postmasters' trying to manage the same database.  As such it should NOT
>>>be a configurable parameter.
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>>This is a different PID file. Sorry, this one is specifically for FHS 
>>systems. The postmaster.pid file, as used by PostgreSQL remains in the 
>>data directory.
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>Uh, how does this work if you don't do an FHS install --- where does it
>put this FHS postmaster.pid file?
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If there is no runtime_pidfile setting, (either in the configuration 
file or with "-R") no file is writen.