postgres

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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Tom Lane	c8196c87a7	Adjust postmaster to recognize that a lockfile containing its parent's PID must be stale. Tweak example startup scripts to not use pg_ctl but launch the postmaster directly, thereby ensuring that only the postmaster's direct parent shell will be a postgres-owned process. In combination these should fix the longstanding problem of the postmaster sometimes refusing to start during reboot because it thinks the old lockfile is not stale.	21 years ago
Bruce Momjian	af96aa9ab1	I wanted to submit some changes to the bundled postgres startup script for Mac OS X. I added calls to utilize the bundled apache rotatelogs script in the DB startup for log rotation. Also modified startup parameters file to allow using the "SystemStarter" utility to start/stop/restart postgres with a rotating log file. The script credits David Wheeler, 2002. I wrote him a message about the changes an he suggested I post them here. I explain some of the changes below. Not sure how to submit the changes. I have 3 files, "PostgreSQL" script, "StartupParameters.plist" file, "pg_startupscript.diff" file. The diff file was run against the original "PostgreSQL" script file. I'll try attaching them to this message. If they get filtered I can resend if needed. Thanks. Ray A. ------------------------------------ 1) Changed the "Provides" parameter in StartupParameters.plist to "PostgreSQL" from "postgres database" simply for ease of typing. It seems that the SystemStarter utility uses the "Provides" value if you want to control the script. This way I did not have to enclose it in quotes on commandline. The modified StartupParameters.plist is now an XML document also. 2) For the startup script I added 2 user modifiable variables: # do you want to rotate the log files, 1=true 0=false ROTATELOGS=1 # logfile rotate in seconds ROTATESEC="604800" I also added a non modifiable variable: # The apache log rotation utility LOGUTIL="/usr/sbin/rotatelogs" I modified the StartService and RestartService functions to execute the new commands if the user wants log rotation. Ray Aspeitia	22 years ago
Bruce Momjian	f719f0f6db	Typo fix in comment from David Wheeler	22 years ago
Bruce Momjian	b842726fc7	I've simplified the Darwin/Mac OS X startup script I submitted earlier in the year. This version has only the two files required by the Darwin startup bundle design. Plus the sh script now uses Darwin-standard functions to start up PostgreSQL, and it checks for the presence of a variable in /etc/hostconfig, as do other Darwin startup scripts. I suggest that a new directory be created, contrib/start-scripts/darwin, and that these two files be put into it. Folks who want to use the script can read the comments inside it to figure out how to use it. David Wheeler	23 years ago

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