> > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 05:33:05PM -0500, Bruce Momjian allegedly wrote: > >> Sure 'ps -U' will work, but it was reported that on Solaris, plain ps > >> can't show the postgres status display, while ucb/ps can. I don't need > >> specific columns. What I need is the postgres status parameters, and if > >> possible, a user restriction to ps for performance reasons. > > Looking at the sendmail code, it seems they use SPT_REUSEARGV (what we > call PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV) technique on Solaris. Possibly the problem is > simply that line 65 in src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c fails to > cover Solaris as one of the possible options: > > #elif defined(__linux__) || defined(_AIX4) || defined(_AIX3) || defined(__sgi) || >(defined(sun) && !defined(BSD)) || defined(ultrix) || defined(__ksr__) || >defined(__osf__) || defined(__QNX__) || defined(__svr4__) || defined(__svr5__) > #define PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV > > Can someone check whether adding an appropriate Solaris symbol (which > one?) fixes the problem? > > The coding technique embodied in lines 63-67 pretty much sucks anyway, > since this platform-specific knowledge ought to be out in the port.h > files rather than hidden in the guts of the system. I don't want to > touch it right now, but I think we ought to have things like > > #define PS_STATUS_TECHNIQUE PS_USE_CLOBBER_ARGV > > in the port.h files, rather than these massive #ifdefs. Added to TODO: * Move platform-specific ps status display info from ps_status.c to ports -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
