Re: REPOST: InitDB Failure on install - Mailing list pgsql-hackers-win32

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: REPOST: InitDB Failure on install
Date
Msg-id 200408290038.i7T0cYI23250@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: REPOST: InitDB Failure on install  ("Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>)
List pgsql-hackers-win32
Patch applied.  Thanks.

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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >>> I understand your disliking of non-posix stuff. OTOH,
> >>GetLastError will
> >>> give much more details than errno.
> >>
> >>How much more, really?  That mapping table gave me the impression that
> >>the win32 error codes aren't all that much more detailed than errno...
> >
> >The mapping table is not complete. My winerror.h from the SDK
> >lists 2209
> >error codes, whereas errno.h lists 42...
> >
> >I still don't think we'll get that much more stuff. Right now,
> >the Win32
> >code paths that actually use the more advanced functions already write
> >out the error number in case something happens. We can keep doing that
> >for the other paths (ereport the error *number* when the mapping does
> >not have a match). The map to errno will catch almost all cases, I
> >think. And in the corner cases we can do with just the number, and use
> >"net helpmsg" to get the actual message when checking...
>
> Here's an attempt on this. new file goes in backend/port/win32.
>
> //Magnus

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