On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 15:31, Tom Lane wrote: > mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In the current CVS directory, there is pgsql/src/backend/port directory. > > > I propose that this become a separate subproject and library. > > Right offhand, that seems a pointless exercise in relabeling code that's > going to be the same either way. What's the actual value? > > > The reason I want this is because the semaphore support, specifically > > multiple semaphores identified by a single key, has to be implemented > > with shared memory and multiple semaphores. (Under Windows) > > I think you are confusing issues that are now private to the SysV sema > implementation with things that you really need to do for Windows. > Take a look at port/posix_sema.c for a less cluttered view of the > semantics you actually need to support. (I don't suppose there's any > chance that Gates & Co support POSIX semas, leaving you with no work?)
A quick google search came up with http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/announcement.html Unfortunately it seems to be the "wrong kind of free" software: Pthreads-win32 is free software, distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). Or can we accept dependancies on LGPL libs for some ports. -------------- Hannu ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
