Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > I am ready to work with anyone to make fork/exec happen. It requires we > > > >find out what globals are being set by the postmaster, and have the > >child run those same routines. I can show you examples of what I have > >done and walk you through areas that need work. If you look at the > >EXEC_BACKEND defines in CVS, you can see what I have done so far. We > >need to have EXEC_BACKEND working on Unix first, then we can add the > >CreateProcess call on Win32, so all this can be done on Unix first. > > > > > > How is EXEC_BACKEND going to be enabled? A configure option? A global > define?
We will use it for testing to make sure Unix can work with exec(), then we add CreateProcess and make EXEC_BACKEND defined for that platform. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (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: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
