Re: Atomic rename feature for Windows.

From: Juan José Santamaría Flecha <juanjo(dot)santamaria(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Victor Spirin <v(dot)spirin(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Subject: Re: Atomic rename feature for Windows.
Date: 2021-10-01 12:37:53
Message-ID: CAC+AXB1GCPwrWd8gFXVb4St2th+CFWSwrSbLBxzwyXAOZcC93w@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:00 PM Victor Spirin <v(dot)spirin(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
wrote:

>
> IsWindowsVersionOrGreater(10,0,1607) always returns false
>
> Only IsWindowsVersionOrGreater(10,0,0) is a valid call. (There are no
> service packs in Windows 10.)
>
> I haven't found a way to determine the Windows 10 release ID.
> The RtlGetVersion function returns dwBuildNumber = 19042 on my Windows.
>
> I heard that Microsoft does not support older versions of Windows 10 and
> requires a mandatory update.
>
You can translate the BuildNumber to the ReleaseId, for 1607 it will be 14393
[1].

We might find pretty much anything in the wild, the safer the check the
better.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_version_history

Regards,

Juan José Santamaría Flecha

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