Re: FW: [CYGWIN] 7.2b3 postmaster doesn't start on Win9

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hannu Krosing [mailto:hannu@tm.ee] 
> Sent: 04 December 2001 09:06
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: 'Tom Lane'; mlw; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] FW: [CYGWIN] 7.2b3 postmaster doesn't 
> start on Win98
> 
> 
> Dave Page wrote:
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> > > Sent: 04 December 2001 02:53
> > > To: mlw
> > > Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
> > > Subject: Re: FW: [CYGWIN] 7.2b3 postmaster doesn't start on Win98
> > >
> > >
> > > mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com> writes:
> > > > I'll write and test something with cygwin this week if 
> that would 
> > > > help. (If someone can get to it first it is something 
> stupid like 
> > > > "GetWindowsVersion()" or something like that.
> > >
> > > Well, the non-stupid part is to know which return values 
> correspond 
> > > to Windows versions that have proper file permissions and which 
> > > values to versions that don't.
> 
> IIRC, it depends also on filesystem, i.e. FAT32 on NT/2000 
> dos still not have proper permissions.
> 
> > >  Given
> > > that NT and the other versions are two separate code 
> streams (no?), 
> > > I'm not sure that distinguishing this is trivial, and 
> even less sure 
> > > that we should assume all future Windows releases will 
> have it.  I'd 
> > > be more comfortable with an autoconf-like
> > > approach: actually probe the desired feature and see if it works.
> > >
> > > I was thinking this morning about trying to chmod the 
> directory and, 
> > > if that doesn't report an error, assuming that all is well.  On 
> > > Windows it'd presumably claim success despite not being 
> able to do 
> > > what is asked for.  But this would definitely require testing.
> > 
> > It does (at least on my systems).
> 
> It does what ? Report an error, claim success or need testing ?

Appears to succeed. I haven't tested any return values, however the chmod
certainly failed without giving any error message.

/Dave