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Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...)

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-08-30T04:49:11Z
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > Yes, and that is the complex part because _some_ non-*_r functions are
> > thread-safe, and some are not.  I have to determine if we have other
> > such platforms before I figure out how to fix it in the cleanest way.
> 
> Long shot ... is there some way of writing a configure test for this?
> Right now, it sounds like we're going to be hitting alot of trial-n-error
> if there isn't ...

How would we test if a function is thread-safe?  I can't think of a
reliable way, and hence my warning that this adjusting could take a
while.

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