Re: Simplify Win32 Signaling code - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: Simplify Win32 Signaling code
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Msg-id 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE6C75D8@algol.sollentuna.se
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In response to Simplify Win32 Signaling code  (Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu>)
Responses Re: Simplify Win32 Signaling code
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>> Hi!
>>
>> A quick-check (haven't checked any details) - your
>unconditional use of
>> Global\ will not work on NT4. With 8.0 we said we wanted to
>support NT4
>> with some limits (IIRC, tablespaces don't work, and the intaller
>> definitly doesn't work). If we want to continue doing that (which I
>> think we do), the global\ has to be conditional - used on 2000+, not
>> used on <= NT4.
>
>How should he make this change?  Test OS version or use a different
>feature?

Test the OS version. The other feature that can be used is named pipes,
and that's what we have today ;-) All other kernel objects that we could
use all use the namespaces in the new format, but not back on NT4


//Magnus

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