RE: [bug fix] Produce a crash dump before main() on Windows

From: Michael Paquier [mailto:michael@paquier.xyz]
> When you use pg_ctl start within the command prompt, then closing the prompt
> session also causes Postgres to stop immediately.  Would it be a problem?

No.  But that makes me think more of the startup on command prompt as non-production usage.


> Another question I have is that I have seen Postgres fail to start because
> of missing dependent libraries, which happened after the postmaster startup
> as this was reported in the logs, could it be a problem with this patch?
> If the system waits for an operator to close this pop-up window, then it
> becomes harder to check automatically such failures and relies on the test
> application to timeout, if it is wise enough to do, which is not always
> the case..

I guess that is due to some missing files related to the libraries listed in shared_preload_library.  If so, no,
becausethis patch relates to failure before main().
 


Regards
Takayuki Tsunakawa