Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Blind attempt at a Cygwin fix

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Marco Atzeri <marco(dot)atzeri(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Blind attempt at a Cygwin fix
Date: 2016-01-09 23:10:00
Message-ID: CAB7nPqRV+5dO+5vPs-29Fqzq3U3x9wZL6iGORbP=aH5qFqnAtg@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
> I downloaded the official Cygwin packages into a Cygwin instance and checked
> how they do things. As I rather expected, they do not use pg_ctl at all to
> install or run as a service. Rather, they use the standard Cygwin service
> utility cygrunsrv. This is all managed via a SYSV style init script.

Thanks for the investigation!

> So if anything I'd be inclined to disable all the service-related code in
> pg_ctl for Cygwin, and treat it just as we treat Unix.

We had better do the same for back branches then. Need of a patch?
--
Michael

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