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

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Lee Kindness <lkindness(at)csl(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...)
Date: 2003-09-02 17:53:38
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0309021950000.1038-100000@peter.localdomain
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Lee Kindness writes:

> Bruce Momjian writes:
> > Right. We can't assume because a *_r function is missing that the
> > normal function is thread-safe.

> That's not our concern - if the OS isn't thread safe we can't do
> anything about it, and to worry about it is an enormous waste of
> development time.

There is a long way between configure not finding a particular *_r
function and the entire operating system not being thread-safe. There are
many uncertainties along that way, and I believe my point was that the
only way we can get a degree of certainty about the result of a particular
build is that we keep a database of exactly what is required for
thread-safety on each platform.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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