Re: any body using Solaris8 with postgresql 7.3.3

Tom Lane wrote:

>Weiping He <laser@zhengmai.com.cn> writes:
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>>    I've met a wierd problem on a Solaris 8/sparc box with postgresql 7.3.3:
>>    the server would automatically shutdown after a period of time of not
>>    operating. The log show something like this:
>>    pmdie 2
>>
>>
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>Assuming signal 2 is SIGINT on Solaris (look in /usr/include/signal.h
>to make sure, but that's pretty standard), this would indicate that
>something is sending SIGINT to the postmaster.  The postmaster will
>interpret that as a fast shutdown request.  So the problem is not with
>the postmaster, but with whatever is sending the signal.
>
>I suspect this isn't a platform problem so much as a setup mistake.
>How are you launching the postmaster?  Is it possible it's still
>connected to a controlling terminal?  (If so, the shell would probably
>SIGINT the postmaster anytime you typed control-C.)
>
>            regards, tom lane
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emm, I'll check that. My first start method is:
pg_ctl start -l ~/pgrun.log

(I've export PGDATA=/pgsqldata)

but it reports:
   pg_ctl: test: argument expected

I'm using ksh I think, which I've also test in 7.4-devl version, the
same result,
ISTM a little bug in pg_ctl script, but still didn't dig into it to see
if I can
found the problem.

Later I use:
pg_ctl start >pgrun.log 2>&1

to start the program, and it runs ok. but, then the pmdie 2...

Thanks

Laser