Re: win32 inode fix - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: win32 inode fix
Date
Msg-id 200402170336.i1H3aAb26439@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to win32 inode fix  (Claudio Natoli <claudio.natoli@memetrics.com>)
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Patch applied.  Thanks.

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Claudio Natoli wrote:
>
> For community review and application to HEAD; minor patch.
>
> Under Win32, stat() returns an st_ino field, but it has no meaning (on
> Win2K, and possibly all Win32 variants, it is always 0). This causes a
> number of problems in the dfmgr.c logic, which basically all revolve around
> the fact that *any* two files will appear to have the same inode.
>
> Note also that this solves the current issues related to initdb under Win32.
>
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