Re: [HACKERS] Problem on AIX with current

Patch rejected, please resubmit:

CLOBBER does not work with AIX5L, nor CHANGE_ARGV. (SETPROCTITLE,
PSTAT and PS_STRINGS can not be used since AIX5L does not have
appropreate header files).
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Tatsuo Ishii

>
> > > Only problem on AIX is, that the argv[0] stuff does not work anymore
> > > (I think since we don't exec() anymore), which is rather annoying.
> >
> > Hmm, perhaps we are selecting the wrong PS_STRINGS method for AIX?
> > Please look at src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c and see if one of
> > the other methods will work on AIX.
>
> Yes, I see. Quite silly that I did not look earlier.
> The compiler does not define _AIX4 or _AIX3, no idea who thought that.
> It only defines _AIX, _AIX32, _AIX41 and _AIX43.
>
> I am quite sure that all AIX Versions accept the CLOBBER method,
> thus I ask you to apply the following patch, to make it work.
>
> Andreas

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