I am reaching out to our QNX support contacts today, I will let you know how they respond.
Keith Baker > -----Original Message----- > From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com] > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 10:42 AM > To: Andres Freund > Cc: Baker, Keith [OCDUS Non-J&J]; Robert Haas; Tom Lane; pgsql- > hack...@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Proposal to add a QNX 6.5 port to PostgreSQL > > Andres Freund wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 2014-08-21 15:25:44 +0000, Baker, Keith [OCDUS Non-J&J] wrote: > > > About SA_RESTART: > > > ------------------------ > > > I would like to offer you a different perspective which may alter your > current opinion. > > > I believe the port.h QNX macro replacement for SA_RESTART is still a > reasonable solution on QNX for these reasons: > > > > > > First, I think it is better to adapt PostgreSQL to suit the platform > > > than to adapt the platform to suit PostgreSQL. > > > > Well. That might be somewhat true for a popular platform. Which QNX > > really isn't. I personally don't believe your approach to be likely to > > end up with a correct and maintainable port. > > > > > Changing default behavior of libc on QNX to suit PostgreSQL may > > > break other applications which rely on the current behavior of libc. > > > > I don't see how *adding* SA_RESTART support which would only be used > > when SA_RESTART is being passed to sigaction(), would do that. > > I guess the important question here is how much traction does Keith have > with the QNX development group. > > -- > Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
