Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...)

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...)
Date: 2003-08-30 04:49:11
Message-ID: 200308300449.h7U4nBP25849@candle.pha.pa.us
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
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>
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Yes, and that is the complex part because _some_ non-*_r functions are
> > thread-safe, and some are not. I have to determine if we have other
> > such platforms before I figure out how to fix it in the cleanest way.
>
> Long shot ... is there some way of writing a configure test for this?
> Right now, it sounds like we're going to be hitting alot of trial-n-error
> if there isn't ...

How would we test if a function is thread-safe? I can't think of a
reliable way, and hence my warning that this adjusting could take a
while.

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