> -Original Message-
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 04 September 2001 06:43
> To: dave Page
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Porting to Native WindowsNT/2000
>
>
> I thought this might interest you.
> **
"Ken Hirsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> Three can you start cygwin programs on startup of the system?
> It's not quite as simple as that. You can run it as a service under the
> SRVANY program, but that doesn't provide for a clean shut-down. Has anybody
> written an NT service wrapper
Ian Lance Taylor (& others) wrote:
> > This is true. However, a process-pool architecture would benefit
Postgres
> > on other platforms besides Windows. Postgresql has been ported to the
> > HP3000 MPE/iX operating system, for example, which is POSIX-compliant,
but
> > has an awfully slow fork(
"Ken Hirsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > (To be honest, the idea of worrying about security vulnerabilities on
> > Windows seems odd to me. If you are honestly worried about security
> > on your database server, the first step is to stop running Windows.)
>
> That's just a cheap shot. I've
Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>
> "Dwayne Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> As mlw said, porting Postgres to run natively on Windows would be a
> significant effort. The forking mechanism it uses currently would
> have to be completely rearchitected. The buffer, file manager, and
> networki
> "Dwayne Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Well, for one I have no idea what cygwin is, or what it does to
> > your system, or what security vulnerabilities it might add to your
> > system. It comes with alot of stuff that I may or may not need, but
> > what components I need to r
"Ian Lance Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Dwayne Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Well, for one I have no idea what cygwin is, or what it does to
> > your system, or what security vulnerabilities it might add to your
> > system. It comes with alot of stuff that I may or may n
"Dwayne Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well, for one I have no idea what cygwin is, or what it does to
> your system, or what security vulnerabilities it might add to your
> system. It comes with alot of stuff that I may or may not need, but
> what components I need to run Postgres
Well, for one I have no idea what cygwin is, or what it does to
your system, or what security vulnerabilities it might add to your
system. It comes with alot of stuff that I may or may not need, but
what components I need to run Postgres is not clear.
Two could Postgres be made more
Dwayne Miller wrote:
>
> I understand that the current port of Postgres for Windows requires the
> cygwin package. I'd like to understand the requirement for cygwin,and
> possibly try to port Postgres to run natively on Windows as a NT/2K
> service. Anyone like to identify the challenges in suc
I understand that the current port of Postgres for Windows requires the
cygwin package. I'd like to understand the requirement for cygwin,and
possibly try to port Postgres to run natively on Windows as a NT/2K
service. Anyone like to identify the challenges in such a port? Is it
at all poss
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