Re: [HACKERS] Win32 WEXITSTATUS too - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Win32 WEXITSTATUS too
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Msg-id 200701222246.l0MMkk508847@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Win32 WEXITSTATUS too  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> OK, maybe /doc or src/tools.  A more radical approach would be to put
> >> the list in our documentation, or have initdb install it.
>
> > Why not put it in techdocs or some such?
>
> I think we've learned by now that putting copies of other peoples' code
> in our tree isn't such a hot idea; what is going to cause it to be
> updated when things change?  How do you know the values are even the
> same across all the Windows versions we support?
>
> Basically this whole idea is misconceived.  Just print the number and
> have done.

And how do people interpret that number?

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