Re: postgresql requires shm and sem

2001-06-04 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 08:11:31PM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote: > Please give some details about how it uses those two facilities. >From src/backend/storage/ipc/README: The cache synchronization is done using a message queue. [...] The message queue is implemented as a shared buffer segment. [..

Re: postgresql requires shm and sem

2001-06-04 Thread Roland McGrath
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postgresql requires shm and sem

2001-06-04 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, I successfully compiled postgresql. For compilation, only a very small change is required (not using NOFILE). However, postgresql requires both shared memory and semaphores from SYSV IPC. I just thought I'd mention it as an example for a widely used application requiring those. It is poss