Re: Socket problem using beta2 on Windows-XP

From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, "Thomas Hallgren" <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Socket problem using beta2 on Windows-XP
Date: 2005-10-12 14:35:54
Message-ID: 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE6C7AB8@algol.sollentuna.se
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> > To reiterate the basic point: The broken LSP breaks a fundamental
> > promise in the sockets API that we absolutely require. The bug is
> > completely within the LSP.
>
> ISTM that maybe what we have here is a documentation shortcoming.
> I'm thinking that our Windows FAQ ought to suggest
> troubleshooting socket-related problems by removing LSPs one
> at a time.

We used to have this, but we removed it when we aded the code that fixed
the problem in 95% of the cases. It's probably a good idea to bring it
back :-(

//Magnus

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