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Chris Marcellino wrote:
> So I've finished reformulating this patch to use the device/inode
> instead of the hash idea I had earlier.
>
> I have tested this patch (on Darwin) to permit the postmaster to
> recover after a crash or killing, and it will not permit the
> postmaster to restart while another postmaster or backends are still
> in the database (regardless of the lockfile status). The ideas are
> the same as before, but are described via flowchart in the attached
> PDF. The three template files opt-out those particular templates from
> the POSIX shmem, but this could be done alternately by opting-in the
> desired patches. An autoconf'ing of the patched configure.in file is,
> of course, required.
>
> I appreciate the feedback and consideration.
>
> Thanks again,
> Chris Marcellino
>
>
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