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Re: [mail] Re: Windows Build System

Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>

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From: Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>, Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>, Ron Mayer <ron@intervideo.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-01-31T11:42:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 15:56, Tom Lane wrote:
> The reason the TIP is
> still there is that there are platforms on which that stuff doesn't work
> very nicely.  It's better to let the postmaster exit cleanly so that
> that state gets cleaned up.  I have no idea what the comparable issues
> are for a native Windows port, but I bet there are some...

That's why I proposed an automated test for this too. It is mostly
important when conquering new OS'es, but could also be nice to have when
testing if changes to storage manager or some other important subsystem
will break anything.

> 			regards, tom lane
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Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>