Re: open item: tablespace handing in pg_dump/pg_restore

Greg Stark wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> 
> > OK, I have applied the following patch that uses Cygwin native symlink()
> > instead of the Win32 junctions.  The reason for this is that Cygwin
> > symlinks work on Win95/98/ME where junction points do not 
> 
> Is this really a Win95/98/ME vs NT distinction or a FAT32 vs NTFS distinction?
> In which case does an NT machine that happens to be using a FAT32 file system
> have the same problem?

I believe it is OS, not file system.
> 
> > and we have no way to know what system will be running the Cygwin binaries
> 
> Is there a reason to make this a compile-time decision? Can't it just try to
> make a junction and if it fails then use the Cygwin symlink?

Yes, if we feel like probing for the Windows OS during runtime.  I don't
think it is worth it.

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