> >> Tom's recent patch to improve stale lockfile detection included a
> >> call to getppid() which doesn't exist on Windows.
> >> There is no clean way to implement one (previously discussed on
> >> hackers-win32) hence the attach patch simply #ifdefs out the call.
>
> Done. I think this is no
"Dave Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Tom's recent patch to improve stale lockfile detection
>> included a call to getppid() which doesn't exist on Windows.
>> There is no clean way to implement one (previously discussed
>> on hackers-win32) hence the attach patch simply #ifdefs out the call.
Ugh. *sigh*
I wondered idly if we might be able to make a safe assumption about the
staleness of the lockfile based on (possibly not very portably)
comparing its mtime with the system boot time.
cheers
andrew
Dave Page wrote:
More haste, less speed...
Patch attached this time!
/D
-Origina
More haste, less speed...
Patch attached this time!
/D
> -Original Message-
> From: Dave Page
> Sent: 04 October 2004 14:41
> To: PostgreSQL-patches
> Subject: Win32 fix for miscinit.c
>
> Tom's recent patch to improve stale lockfile detection
> included a call to getppid() which does
