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From: Dmitry Kovalenko <[email protected]>
To: Euler Taveira <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: BUG #19391: pg_ctl: the PID file "/xxxx/postmaster.pid" is empty
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:27:21 +0300
Message-ID: <CAHtTfeL8UzFxo+VY49P2Ur9e4QLFJJjE06F_DLseJ+1Bjs+4pQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Hello,

> Time from time, it returns the error - pg_ctl: the PID file
> > "/xxxx/postmaster.pid" is empty
> >
>
> I would say that the operating system is the one that is probably removing
> the
> postmaster.pid. You are using /tmp as your base directory. Service like
> systemd-tmpfiles-clean removes temporary files from /tmp. If systemd is
> not in
> use, I would check the cron.
>

Base docker images were:
-  docker.io/library/alt:p10 (it is altlinux 10)
-  docker.io/library/postgres:17-alpine (alpine linux)

Thanks&Regards,
Dmitry Kovalenko.

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