Re: Idea for improving buildfarm robustness

On 10/02/2015 09:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> 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 ...

Wait, we're backpatching this?


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