Also, Tatsuo uses AIX a lot and knows all the issues.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travis Hoyt wrote: > I've been using PosgreSQL 7.2 on AIX 4.3.3 with no probelms at all. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of D'Arcy J.M. Cain > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 6:35 AM > To: Bruce Momjian; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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? > > Changed subject and mailing list. > > -- > D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@{druid|vex}.net> | Democracy is three wolves > http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on > +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
