Re: Website request -- developer docs along with release docs

http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/index.html

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Webb Sprague <webb(dot)sprague(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Could I request that a link to the developer docs be posted along with
> the release docs on
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/
>
> ?
>
> First -- it is interesting. Second, if one is running CVS HEAD for
> testing (always a service to the community, if not your data), they
> are the appropriate docs. Finally, it gives users a chance to see why
> they might want to upgrade (for example by browsing the awesome
> windowing capabilities, etc).
>
> And yes, I could write a patch,...
>
> Tx
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh(at)swapsimple(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:21:09PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh(at)swapsimple(dot)com> writes:
>>> > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:15:22PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> >> What platform is this, anyway?
>>> > I'm running on NetBSD 4.
>>>
>>> > Well, it seems that something doesn't work right with the "try the next key"
>>> > code when the userid are the same. I'm not really sure what I should try
>>> > here.
>>>
>>> I read the code and the shmget spec a bit more. It looks to me like the
>>> issue may be about the ordering of error checks in the kernel. The
>>> Single Unix Spec quoth
>> ...snip...
>>> If you are starting the two servers with different shmem sizing
>>> parameters then it is possible that the second reason for giving EINVAL
>>> applies. Now our code is expecting to get EEXIST if there's a shmem
>> ...snip...
>>> So the first question for you is did you give the two servers different
>>> shmem sizing parameters? If so, does the behavior change if you start
>>> them in the opposite order? If the answer to both is "yes" then I think
>>> you ought to file a bug against NetBSD kernel. They're returning an
>>> error code that is uselessly confusing and out of step with other
>>> implementations.
>>
>> Yes, and yes. The error checking order in NetBSD put the EEXIST return
>> last so the "different size check" was taking precedence. I fixed that,
>> and now starting two pg servers, even in different chroot's, behaves as
>> expected. Thanks for the suggestion of where to look!
>>
>> eric
>>
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