Re: REPOST: InitDB Failure on install

From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, Merlin Moncure <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>, Rodrigo Moreno <rodrigo(dot)miguel(at)terra(dot)com(dot)br>, pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: REPOST: InitDB Failure on install
Date: 2004-08-23 22:29:46
Message-ID: 412A6FDA.6000603@pse-consulting.de
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
>
>> /* Unable to get shared memory */
>>+ errno = GetLastError();
>
>
> Aren't you going to need a mapping function to convert Windows error
> codes to errno numbers? Don't tell me Microsoft was smart enough to
> make them the same ;-)

How about the idea to set errno to a special value after all non-posix
calls, which makes ereport examine/preserve GetLastError() instead?

Regards,
Andreas

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