BUG #16161: pg_ctl stop fails sometimes (on Windows)
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The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 16161 Logged by: Alexander Lakhin Email address: [email protected] PostgreSQL version: 12.1 Operating system: Windows Description: The regression tests on Windows sometimes fail with 'Permission denied' errors. For example: https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=dory&dt=2019-12-11%2007%3A45%3A33 ============== shutting down postmaster ============== pg_ctl: could not open PID file "c:/pgbuildfarm/pgbuildroot/HEAD/pgsql.build/src/test/regress/./tmp_check/data/postmaster.pid": Permission denied This error occurs when pg_ctl is trying to open postmaster.pid while this file is in "delete pending" state (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3764072/).