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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>
Cc: jungleboogie0@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #15964: vacuumdb.c:187:10: error: use of undeclared identifier 'FD_SETSIZE'
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:58:14 -0400
Message-ID: <29797.1566572294@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190823015921.GD2328@paquier.xyz>
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	<20190822150945.3xgbvk7qqyqkyjse@alap3.anarazel.de>
	<20190823015921.GD2328@paquier.xyz>

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> The latest patch does that:
> +    pg_log_fatal("too many jobs for this platform's select() -- try %d"
> Do you have a better suggestion to offer, like a s#jobs#-j/--jobs#?

That seems over-punctuated, plus it burdens the reader with unnecessary
detail.  Most SQL folk would be confused by the reference to SELECT,
I bet.  (In fact, don't we have a style guideline against mentioning
particular syscalls?)

How about just "too many jobs for this platform -- try %d" ?

			regards, tom lane





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