Re: [PATCHES] Generic Monitoring Framework with DTrace patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Lor
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Generic Monitoring Framework with DTrace patch
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Msg-id 452B806D.2060901@sun.com
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Generic Monitoring Framework with DTrace patch  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

>Robert Treat wrote:
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>>Also should installation.sgml
>>mention the issueswith building 32 vs 64 bit binaries
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>I'm not convinced there is an issue.  dtrace will build the right 
>binaries by default.  If you're messing with mixed environments *and* 
>delve into dtrace, you should probably be able to figure this out 
>yourself.
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None that I'm aware of.

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>>and/or the issue with static functions?
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>The issue with that is simply that there is no released operating system 
>version for which the dtrace support works.  I'm not sure what to do 
>about that.
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This is a very temporary issue, and it will just require PostgreSQL to 
be built on the lastest version of Solaris (e.g Solaris Express), but 
the binary can will run just fine on the FCS version (e.g. Solaris 10).  
This will be clarified in the doc patch.

-Robert



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