Re: fallocate / posix_fallocate for new WAL file creation (etc...) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: fallocate / posix_fallocate for new WAL file creation (etc...)
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Msg-id 51D09068.8020404@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: fallocate / posix_fallocate for new WAL file creation (etc...)  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
Responses Re: fallocate / posix_fallocate for new WAL file creation (etc...)
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On 06/30/2013 03:50 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-06-30 at 11:11 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
>> Unless something surprising comes up, or someone thinks and objection
>> has been missed, I am going to commit this soon.
> Quick question to anyone who happens to know:
>
> What is the standard procedure for changes to pg_config.h.win32? I
> looked at an old patch of mine that Tom (CC'd) committed:
>
> http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=b966dd6c4228d696b291c1cdcb5ab8c8475fefa8
>
> and I see that it modifies pg_config.h.win32. Should I modify it in a
> similar way for this fallocate patch?
>
> Right now, pg_config.in.win32 seems a little inconsistent because it has
> an entry for HAVE_POSIX_SIGNALS but not HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE. It says it's
> a generated file, but I don't have a windows environment or MingW.
>


It was originally generated. Since then it's been maintained by hand.

If you need a Windows environment to test on, see the Amazon recipe at 
<http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Building_With_MinGW>

cheers

andrew

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