Re: Sigh, my old HPUX box is totally broken by DSM patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

* Robert Haas (robertmhaas@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> > Would this make sense as a configure-time check, rather than initdb, to
> > try blocking SIGSYS and checking for an ENOSYS from shm_open()?  Seems
> > preferrable to do that in a configure check rather than initdb.
>
> I don't see why.  It's a run-time behavior; the build system may not
> be where the binaries will ultimately run.

I suppose, just need to be more cautious when blocking signals in initdb
than in a configure-time check, of course.
Thanks,
    Stephen