Re: Unix Domain Sockets error (was Re: [HACKERS] Alpha initdb fixed!)

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On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Pedro J. Lobo wrote:

>
> I've done more tests. The problem is that if you start the postmaster
> without the '-p' option and without assigning a value to the PGPORT
> environment variable, then all the ipc stuff is messed up. No shared
> memory regions are created, and the semaphores are created but never
> freed. When a port number is specified, the sempahores (and the shared
> memory regions) have a 'key' value that contains the port number. Without
> port number, there is no shared memory and the sempahores have 0 as the
> key value.
>
> I don't know if this behaviour is due to the use of a non-standard port
> (5440), but since it's been specified in configure (--with-pgport=5440) it
> should work. shouldn't it?

I got the same results that you did.  I was planning on
investigating this morning, but it looks like you beat me to it.
I ALSO built 6.3 with a non-standard port, so that I could keep
my current database live while I work on this.

I'll try your suggestion, but I'll also try rebuilding using the
standard port, to see if it makes any difference.

Re: your suggestion to use __alpha and not worry about the
makefile, I'm a little uncomfortable with that.  DEC's cc will
actually output different symbols, depending on the use of the
- -std flag.  I'd rather have something that we have explicit
control over, rather than relying on the compiler like this.  I'm
not violently opposed to useing __alpha or anything, it's just a
preference against it.

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