Re: Immediate shutdown and system(3)

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> This should be mentioned in release notes, as any script that might be 
>> using SIGQUIT at the moment needs to be changed to use SIGUSR1 or 
>> SIGINT instead. Where should I make a note of that so that we don't 
>> forget?
> 
> Unless I'm missing it the use of signals to trigger failover is not 
> documented AT ALL. So why anyone would expect such behaviour is 
> something of a mystery.

Well, some people do read source code. If it was more widely known, I 
would hesitate more to change it, though.

> Perhaps doing that would be even more important than release notes.

Agreed it should be documented.

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