Re: Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind Glomsrød) writes:
> > Explictly, yes. However, FHS says /tmp is for temporary files. Also,
> > it says programs shouldn't count on data to be stored there between
> > invocations. 10+ days isn't temporary...
> >> 
> >> We aren't counting on data to be stored in /tmp "between invocations".
> 
> > Between invocations of client programs. You're using /tmp as a shared
> > of stored data.
> 
> Huh?  The socket and lockfile are created and held open by the
> postmaster for the duration of its run.  Client programs don't even know
> that the lockfile is there, in fact.  How can you argue that client
> program lifespan has anything to do with it?

Nothing but the postmaster uses it? If so, there shouldn't be a
problem moving it.

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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.