Re: [HACKERS] Threads - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Threads
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Msg-id 15126.933694657@sss.pgh.pa.us
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The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> Just curious here, but out of all the platforms we support, are there any
> remaining that don't support threads?

Pretty much all of the older ones, I imagine --- I know HPUX 9 does not.

Of course HPUX 9 will be a dead issue by the end of the year, because
HP isn't going to fix its Y2K bugs; I wonder whether there is a similar
forcing function for old SunOS and other systems?

But still, I believe there are several different flavors of thread
packages running around, so we will be opening a brand new can of
portability worms.  We'd best keep a "no threads" fallback option...
        regards, tom lane


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