Re: postgresql 8.4 semaphores ...

[Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>]

Am 07.06.10 22:21, schrieb Manuel Bouyer:
> On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 11:46:03AM +1000, Malcolm Herbert wrote:
>> I'm using -current version 5.99.15 and having trouble starting postgresql 
>> version 8.4 from the pre-coompiled pkgsrc collection for 5.0.1_2009Q3.  The 
>> start message reads as follows:
>>
>> [...]
>> |creating template1 database in /data/pgsql/data/base/1 ... FATAL:  could 
>> not create semaphores: No space left on device
> 
> I've already seen this. Postgress doesn't destroy IPCs it created when it
> exits. ipcs will show you theses, and you can destroy them with ipcrm

Is this something we should report/try to change upstream?

- mb