Re: [HACKERS] open item: tablespace handing in pg_dump/pg_restore

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > OK, I have applied the following patch that uses Cygwin native symlink()
> > instead of the Win32 junctions. The reason for this is that Cygwin
> > symlinks work on Win95/98/ME where junction points do not and we have no
> > way to know what system will be running the Cygwin binaries so the
> > safest bet is to use the Cygwin versions. On Win32 native we only run
> > on systems that support junctions.
>
> I think this is probably a net loss, because what it will mean is that
> you cannot take a data directory built under a Cygwin postmaster and use
> it under a native postmaster, nor vice versa. Given the number of other
> ways in which we do not support pre-NT4 Windows systems, what is the
> benefit of allowing this one?

I assume Cygwin supports pre-NT4, and always has, and I see no reason to
change that. Moving a data directory from Cygwin to native Win32 seems
like a pretty rare usage to diable pre-NT4 on a platform the previously
supported it.

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