Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> It means the latest checkpoint record in the WAL log has the shutdown bit
>> set, implying that there was an intentional shutdown.
> I'd hardly consider a kill -9 an intentional shutdown. ???
Huh? If you zap the postmaster with kill -9, the last checkpoint record
in the WAL log will not have the shutdown bit set.
regards, tom lane