Re: Win32 port - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jan Wieck
Subject Re: Win32 port
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Msg-id 3DC968FE.5E842F5C@Yahoo.com
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In response to Re: Win32 port  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Win32 port  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> Here is a list of patch areas that I will address with the Win32 port:
> 
>         fork/exec
>         loop rename test
>         handle \r in COPY
>         copydir for cp -r
>         backslash tests
>         rmdir not recursive for rm -r
>         shared memory could map to new address in exec child

That's actually not done in the port yet. Thomas once overhauled the
hashtable code and changed it from using offsets to pointers. This code
is used for shared hashtables, so the mapping has to be done at a fixed
address for now.


Jan

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