Re: PostgreSQL on AIX - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Travis Hoyt
Subject Re: PostgreSQL on AIX
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Msg-id DBEMKMGOMJAGKAKEPPEGKEKGEFAA.thoyt@npc.net
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL on AIX  ("D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL on AIX  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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I've been using PosgreSQL 7.2 on AIX 4.3.3 with no probelms at all.

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of D'Arcy J.M. Cain
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 6:35 AM
To: Bruce Momjian; pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] PostgreSQL on AIX


On June 5, 2002 12:33 pm, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > On May 13, 2002 12:50 am, Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote:

Catching up on an old mailbox, Bruce?  :-)

> > Now if only I could get IBM to understand that.  They still claim that
my
> > problem is that PostgreSQL (an "unsupported" application) is doing
> > something to catch SIGKILL.
>
> First, an application can't catch SIGKILL. It never arrives to
> applications.  It is supposed to pull the process with no warning.
>
> However, there are things processes can do to wedge themselves in a
> system call so they don't see the SIGKILL.  Of course, as soon as they
> return from the system call, they die.

Exactly.  What IBM was saying was was that we were "catching" SIGKILL and
I
could not convince the (supposedly technical) IBMers that they were
talking
out their ass.

Anyway, I am pretty sure that PostgreSQL is not the culprit here.  As it
happens this project is back on the table for me so it is interesting that
your email popped up now.  I just compiled the latest version of
PostgreSQL
on my AIX system and it generated lots of errors and then completed and
installed fine.  Makes me sort of nervous.  We'll see how it goes.  Anyone
have any horror/success stories about PostgreSQL on AIX for me?

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