deepak <deepak.pn@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > We could reproduce the start-up problem on Windows 2003. After a reboot, > postmaster, in its start-up sequence cleans up old temporary files, and > this step used to take several minutes (a little over 4 minutes), delaying > the writing of line 6 onwards into the PID file. This delay caused pg_ctl > to timeout, leaving behind an orphaned postgres.exe process (which > eventually forks off many other postgres.exe processes). Hmm. It's easy enough to postpone temp file cleanup till after the postmaster's PID file is completely written, so I've committed a patch for that. However, I find it mildly astonishing that such cleanup could take multiple minutes. What are you using for storage, a man with an abacus? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
