Tom Lane wrote: > "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes: > > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> I would like to see how hard it would be to > >> add #ifdefs to get the test program to run on Win32. > > > I did manage to get it to compile (though not work fully just yet), > > however I had to use the full pthreads library rather than our minimal > > implementation. That's why I question whether we should go this way - an > > extra dependency (pthreads is not normally on a Windows box, even with > > Msys) to test an OS that we know 100% for sure is not going to vary in > > it's thread-safetyness(!) from system to system. > > I agree --- that seems like useless make-work. Just put a special case > for Windows into configure.in and be done with it.
OK, but I would then like someone to actually run the tests we do in thread_test.c and make sure they _would_ pass on Win32. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
