Re: Bug #741: postgresql and cygwin

> Przemyslaw Sztoch (psztoch(at)interia(dot)pl) reports a bug with a severity of 3

> 1. If you use "-boot" then argv[0] in BootstrapMain is equal "-boot", but should be equal e.g. "/pgsql/postmaster".
> 2. Under cygwin symlink support is strange. It will be very nice to don't use it. I propose add "-master" parametr to "postgres.exe" (like -boot).
> "postmaster.exe -D /data" -> "postgres.exe -master -D /data"
> 3.Postmaster and postgres are both in one folder. And under MS-Windows we wouldn't have "postmaster", and only "postgres -master".
> In this case we have to repair postmaster.c.

Please explain specifically what your problem is. What are you doing,
what is failing? PostgreSQL on Cygwin works for a lot of users, including
myself, so you must be doing something out of the ordinary.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net