Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness

I wrote:
> Here's a rewritten patch that looks at postmaster.pid instead of
> pg_control.  It should be effectively the same as the prior patch in terms
> of response to directory-removal cases, and it should also catch many
> overwrite cases.

BTW, my thought at the moment is to wait till after next week's releases
to push this in.  I think it's probably solid, but it doesn't seem like
it's worth taking the risk of pushing shortly before a wrap date.

If anyone wants to argue for including it in the releases, speak up ...
        regards, tom lane