From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: scrappy@hub.org
Cc: hackers@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Open 6.4 items
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:56:50 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <199810060156.VAA23130@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9810050103080.17324-100000@hub.org>
> On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Serious Bugs
> > ------------
> > change pg args for platforms that don't support argv changes
> > (setproctitle()?, sendmail hack?)
>
> I'll try and dive into this on Tuesday night...maybe even
> afternoon...will use sendmail as a basis for it, which *should* hit most
> of the operating systems out there...
Let me remind you what has to be done.
We need to use set_proctitle() for those platforms that have it. I
don't have it here, but Linux does.
Second, we need to determine if set_proctitle is a cheap function by
looking at the library source code.
Third, we need a 'configure' test to see if the modification of argv[0]
displays in the ps output.
If modification of argv[0] works, use it, as the current code does.
If not, then if set_proctitle() is available, use to change the backend
'ps' display on backend startup, and if it is cheap, use it to change
status for every command.
If a platform has neither, use the sendmail code to change the ps
display on backend startup only. The sendmail code it so slow to use
for every command, I think.
--
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