Re: stale portmaster processes

On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Thomas T. Thai wrote:

> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 01:12:29 -0600 (CST)
> From: Thomas T. Thai <tom@minnesota.com>
> To: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> Subject: stale portmaster processes
>
> i've noticed that when using php scripts or the "c" cgi search.cgi from
> mnogosearch, if i access either script from the web browser and stop it
> with ESC in the middle of it trying to access the pgsql db, the associated
> postmaster process hangs around forever and won't disappear:
>
> 19276 p1  I    0:00.11 postmaster: web mnwork [local] idle (postgres)
> 19920 p1  I    0:00.08 postmaster: web mnwork [local] idle (postgres)
> 19958 p1  I    0:00.10 postmaster: web mnwork [local] idle (postgres)
>
> i hope this isn't normal.

i've not yet seen any stale idling postmaster processes with the latest
cvs source. the above was from mid december cvs source where i saw the
stale postmasters (with --enable-debug).