Re: setproctitle() no longer used? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Vince Vielhaber
Subject Re: setproctitle() no longer used?
Date
Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.21.0005101905410.33388-100000@paprika.michvhf.com
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In response to Re: setproctitle() no longer used?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: setproctitle() no longer used?
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On Wed, 10 May 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > On Wed, 10 May 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > > > D'oh, okay...I ended up going through the v6.5.* source code too, and
> > > > couldn't find it there.  I forget how Bruce had implemented it using
> > > > argv[0], and yes, it is definitely broken on FreeBSD 4.0 ...
> > > > 
> > > > I'll look at doing the change here locally, since I know
> > > > setproctitle() does work, as I find it invaluable to know what is running,
> > > > and where ...
> > > 
> > > Can you find out if it is broken, or they have stopped supporting it in
> > > FreeBSD.
> > 
> > In 4.0-Rel they're not saying it's gone or going away, just that you 
> > need to link with -lutil if you use it.  They also state that there's
> > no standard but that they believe they're using the predominant
> > convention.
> 
> So if you use -lutil, the argv[0] trick works, and if you don't, it
> doesn't?  If so, we can get that into the FreeBSD template.

'splain the "argv[0] trick" briefly.

Vince.
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