Re: dynamic shared memory: wherein I am punished for good intentions

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: dynamic shared memory: wherein I am punished for good intentions
Date: 2013-10-10 18:36:47
Message-ID: CAM3SWZTka2jSuSZyZtPRah+UqQEsqsY9kJEBG27LJdhK-deHrg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> (2) Default to using System V shared memory. If people want POSIX
> shared memory, let them change the default.

> After some consideration, I think my vote is for option #2.

Wouldn't that become the call of packagers? Wasn't there already some
reason why it was advantageous for FreeBSD to continue to use System V
shared memory?

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Peter Geoghegan

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