Re: 7.4 shared memory error on 64-bit SPARC/Solaris 5.8 - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: 7.4 shared memory error on 64-bit SPARC/Solaris 5.8
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Msg-id 25290.1070407663@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: 7.4 shared memory error on 64-bit SPARC/Solaris 5.8  (Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be>)
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Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be> writes:
> If that really was the error you got, your patch couldn't have
> fixed it since it didn't change anything that has something to do
> with it.

I entirely concur with Kurt's observation.

My bet is you got the "no space left on device" failure because you were
already running a postmaster that was eating all the available
semaphores.  When it worked, it was because you'd stopped the other
postmaster, and not because of any code changes.

            regards, tom lane

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