Re: FW: [CYGWIN] 7.2b3 postmaster doesn't start on Win98

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Serguei Mokhov <sa_mokho(at)alcor(dot)concordia(dot)ca>, mlw <markw(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FW: [CYGWIN] 7.2b3 postmaster doesn't start on Win98
Date: 2001-12-04 21:24:01
Message-ID: 5847.1007501041@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> We did not have any permissions checks in releases before 7.2, so
>> this approach doesn't mean any regression for newer Windows versions.

> We did have the same permission check in 7.1, only it was on
> $PGDATA/postgresql.conf instead. Nothing has changed materially.

Hmmm ... why weren't Windows users complaining before, then?

regards, tom lane

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