On Sat, 4 May 2002, Joel Burton wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
> > [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Tom Lane
> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:07 PM
> > To: mlw
> > Cc: Marc G. Fournier; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] HEADS UP: Win32/OS2/BeOS native ports
> >
> >
> > Rather than propagating the SysV semaphore API still further, why don't
> > we kill it now? (I'm willing to keep the shmem API, however.)
>
> Would this have the benefit of allow PostgreSQL to work properly in BSD
> jails, since lack of really working SysV IPC was the problem there?
There is no problem with SysV IPC in the jail, per se ... jail's were just
not coded to delimite/segregate such IPC from other jails ... its one of
those "caveat empor"(sp?) situations ... you can do it, but at your own
risk, as somoene in another jail has the ability to 'attach' to your
segments ...
