Re: Win32 port

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
Subject: Re: Win32 port
Date: 2002-11-06 19:17:21
Message-ID: 200211061917.gA6JHLu18710@candle.pha.pa.us
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Here is a list of patch areas that I will address with the Win32 port:
> >
> > fork/exec
> > loop rename test
> > handle \r in COPY
> > copydir for cp -r
> > backslash tests
> > rmdir not recursive for rm -r
> > shared memory could map to new address in exec child
>
> That's actually not done in the port yet. Thomas once overhauled the
> hashtable code and changed it from using offsets to pointers. This code
> is used for shared hashtables, so the mapping has to be done at a fixed
> address for now.

OK, can we guarantee that fixed mapping will happen?

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