Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> I disagree: just because cygipc returns error codes chosen at random
>> doesn't mean that we should neglect the clear meaning of an error code.
>> If a normal Unix system were to return EACCES here, the clear
>> implication would be that there is an existing segment that we do not
>> have permission to access.

> OK, but shouldn't the looping for a new segment terminate sometime?  As it
> stands it will wrap around and run forever.

Hm.  It would be reasonable to put a limit on the number of attempts,
probably.  (There's a similar limit on attempts to create a lockfile.)

                        regards, tom lane

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