Re: FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (Win32)

Added to Win32 TODO:

o Diagnose problem where shared memory can sometimes not be
attached by postmaster children

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2007-08/msg01377.php

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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Shelby Cain wrote:
> >> ----- Original Message ---- From: Magnus Hagander
> >> <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> To: Alvaro Herrera
> >> <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> Cc: Terry Yapt <yapt(at)technovell(dot)com>;
> >> pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007
> >> 3:43:32 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] FATAL: could not reattach to
> >> shared memory (Win32)
> >>
> >>
> >> 8.3 will have a new way to deal with shared mem on win32. It's the
> >> same underlying tech, but we're no longer trying to squeeze it into
> >> an emulation of sysv. With a bit of luck, that'll help :-)
> >>
> >> //Magnus
> >>
> >
> > Wild guess on my part... could that error be the result of an attempt
> > to map shared memory into a process at a fixed location that just
> > happens to already be occupied by a dll that Windows had decided to
> > relocate?
>
> Not that wild a guess, really :-) I'd say it's a very good possibility -
> but I have no idea why it'd do that, since all backends load the same
> DLLs at that stage.
>
> //Magnus
>
>
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