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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Igor Kovalenko" <Igor(dot)Kovalenko(at)motorola(dot)com>
Cc: "Matthew Kirkwood" <matthew(at)hairy(dot)beasts(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, "mlw" <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Win32/OS2/BeOS native ports
Date: 2002-05-09 05:12:32
Message-ID: 16591.1020921152@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Igor Kovalenko" <Igor(dot)Kovalenko(at)motorola(dot)com> writes:
> Can't we use fcntl()-based lock for that purpose?

I'm pretty sure that fcntl locking has an evil reputation as well.
(Didn't we use that up till a couple years ago, and give up on it?)

regards, tom lane

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