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Re: CommitFest 2009-07: Yay, Kevin! Thanks, reviewers!

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-08-19T13:38:02Z
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> BTW, on what platforms signals don't interrupt sleep? Although that 
> issue has been discussed many times before, I couldn't find any 
> reference to a real platform in the archives.

I've got one in captivity (my old HPUX box).  Happy to test whatever you
come up with.

Considering that pg_usleep is implemented with select, I'm not following
what you mean by "replace pg_usleep() with select()"?

			regards, tom lane