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When Sigterm Does Nothing: A Postgres Mystery

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115 points saisrirampur | 1 comments | 15 Jul 25 04:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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eunos ◴[15 Jul 25 10:19 UTC] No.44569682[source]▶
With quirk like these, honestly I'm not even confident how can PostgreSQL or any software in general can be used in mission critical system.
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1. vladms ◴[15 Jul 25 10:59 UTC] No.44569864[source]▶
Have you ever read the contraindication list of a medicine? It is the same kind of trade-off. Someone can choose to use something in a "mission critical system" (whatever that is) because the alternatives are worse, not because the chosen solution is perfect (that does not mean I would advise using PostgreSQL - just accepting that it can happen).

On the other hand "quirks like these" are the reason you should not update too often mission critical systems.