Re: HEADS UP: Win32/OS2/BeOS native ports

From: "Joel Burton" <joel(at)joelburton(dot)com>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "mlw" <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Win32/OS2/BeOS native ports
Date: 2002-05-04 13:33:49
Message-ID: JGEPJNMCKODMDHGOBKDNKEMKCMAA.joel@joelburton.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Tom Lane
> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:07 PM
> To: mlw
> Cc: Marc G. Fournier; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] HEADS UP: Win32/OS2/BeOS native ports
>
>
> Rather than propagating the SysV semaphore API still further, why don't
> we kill it now? (I'm willing to keep the shmem API, however.)

Would this have the benefit of allow PostgreSQL to work properly in BSD
jails, since lack of really working SysV IPC was the problem there?

- J.

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