Re: initdb failure with PostgreSQL 7.3.2 / Cygwin 1.3.22-1 /

Frank,

On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 06:42:14PM -0400, Frank Seesink wrote:
> Set system environment variable CYGWIN=nontsec, rebooted, and tried it
> all again. BZZZZ! Wrong! Thanks for playing. Nope, still no good.
>
> So ntsec isn't the issue.
>
> Next question: I notice on the webpage for CygIPC, Jason, that you
> are a large contributor to fixes that are in 1.13. The webpage makes
> it sound, however, like CygIPC 1.11 and 1.13 are basically the same
> ("1.13 is a backward compatible, drop-in replacement for
> cygipc-1.11").

Yes, 1.11 and 1.13 are basically the same. However, the cygipc
maintainer changed at least one pathname (i.e., /tmp/cygipc vs.
/tmp/cygipc_) which breaks compatibility.

> Would it make sense to try CygIPC 1.11 to see if that worked?

No.

> Or is it a known fact that PostgreSQL 7.3.2 must have CygIPC 1.13?
> From all I gathered, 1.13 was required for 7.3.2, so I never tried
> going backwards. Just figured I'd ask to be sure.

Yes, see above. Actually, IIRC, 1.13-2 is required -- even 1.13-1 won't
work. Sigh...

Jason

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