From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200206080251.g582pqp22882@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL on AIX
In-Reply-To: <DBEMKMGOMJAGKAKEPPEGKEKGEFAA.thoyt@npc.net>
To: Travis Hoyt <thoyt@npc.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 22:51:52 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org,
	Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>
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Also, Tatsuo uses AIX a lot and knows all the issues.

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Travis Hoyt wrote:
> I've been using PosgreSQL 7.2 on AIX 4.3.3 with no probelms at all.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of D'Arcy J.M. Cain
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 6:35 AM
> To: Bruce Momjian; pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [SQL] PostgreSQL on AIX
> 
> 
> On June 5, 2002 12:33 pm, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > > On May 13, 2002 12:50 am, Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote:
> 
> Catching up on an old mailbox, Bruce?  :-)
> 
> > > Now if only I could get IBM to understand that.  They still claim that
> my
> > > problem is that PostgreSQL (an "unsupported" application) is doing
> > > something to catch SIGKILL.
> >
> > First, an application can't catch SIGKILL. It never arrives to
> > applications.  It is supposed to pull the process with no warning.
> >
> > However, there are things processes can do to wedge themselves in a
> > system call so they don't see the SIGKILL.  Of course, as soon as they
> > return from the system call, they die.
> 
> Exactly.  What IBM was saying was was that we were "catching" SIGKILL and
> I
> could not convince the (supposedly technical) IBMers that they were
> talking
> out their ass.
> 
> Anyway, I am pretty sure that PostgreSQL is not the culprit here.  As it
> happens this project is back on the table for me so it is interesting that
> your email popped up now.  I just compiled the latest version of
> PostgreSQL
> on my AIX system and it generated lots of errors and then completed and
> installed fine.  Makes me sort of nervous.  We'll see how it goes.  Anyone
> have any horror/success stories about PostgreSQL on AIX for me?
> 
> Changed subject and mailing list.
> 
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