Re: PostgreSQL Service on Windows does not start. ~ "is not a valid Win32 application"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Rajeev rastogi <rajeev(dot)rastogi(at)huawei(dot)com>, Naoya Anzai <anzai-naoya(at)mxu(dot)nes(dot)nec(dot)co(dot)jp>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Akio Iwaasa <iwaasa(at)mxs(dot)nes(dot)nec(dot)co(dot)jp>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Service on Windows does not start. ~ "is not a valid Win32 application"
Date: 2013-11-30 00:40:06
Message-ID: 22863.1385772006@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> On 11/29/2013 06:43 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I've committed this patch. I added a make_native_path() call to fix the
>> slashes-versus-backslashes issue noted by Christian Ullrich, since that
>> was an easy one-line addition.

> I don't mind changing this, but IMNSHO it's not a bug. The program
> that's reported to fail with the old use of mixed separators is the one
> with the bug. But changing it costs us little.

Yeah, no doubt, but we're certainly swimming against the tide by not
following the platform convention.

regards, tom lane

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