| From: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Harold Giménez <harold(dot)gimenez(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_upgrade improvements |
| Date: | 2012-04-05 15:20:04 |
| Message-ID: | 20120405152004.GH1267@tamriel.snowman.net |
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* Andres Freund (andres(at)anarazel(dot)de) wrote:
> Hm. Changing libpq to use two pipes at the same time sounds considerably more
> invasive than basically just changing the socket creation and some minor
> details.
It's not something we'd back-patch, but I don't believe it'd be very
difficult to implement..
> Why would pipes be more useful? Its not like you could build useful pipelines
> with them.
The point is to avoid the risk that someone else could connect to the
database at the same time you're doing work on it.
> Also, it might open a window for implementing AF_UNIX like connections on
> windows...
That's an unrelated discussion, imv..
Stephen
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