Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-04-27T23:00:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Hmm, AFAICS the problem with controldata is that it uses postgres_fe.h
> instead of postgres.h.  It's a bit of a stretch to use the latter, but
> maybe that's a better solution?  After all, it *is* poking into the
> backend internals.

I seem to recall that Solaris had problems with that due to dtrace
support or something?  However, we are doing it in pg_resetxlog,
so I suppose it's ok for pg_controldata as well.

			regards, tom lane