Re: Win32 testing needed

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From: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
To: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>, 'Tom Lane' <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)coretech(dot)co(dot)nz>
Cc: pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Win32 testing needed
Date: 2004-08-06 06:10:45
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> The xstrdup (aka pstrdup) call in rmtree is the problem, as
> it relies on the backend only CurrentMemoryContext (IIRC).

Which (pstrdup) shouldn't be used as xstrdup on FRONTEND; should be the
provided function.

Has a FRONTEND define gone awol?

Cheers,
Claudio

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From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
Cc: Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)coretech(dot)co(dot)nz>, pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Win32 testing needed
Date: 2004-08-06 06:22:10
Message-ID: 8135.1091773330@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com> writes:
>> it relies on the backend only CurrentMemoryContext (IIRC).

> Which (pstrdup) shouldn't be used as xstrdup on FRONTEND; should be the
> provided function.

But Mark's failure was in building the backend.

regards, tom lane


From: Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)coretech(dot)co(dot)nz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Win32 testing needed
Date: 2004-08-06 06:51:04
Message-ID: 41132A58.3020900@coretech.co.nz
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I will try a *completely* fresh checkout .. just in case I have some
CVS strangeness....

Tom Lane wrote:

>Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com> writes:
>
>
>>>it relies on the backend only CurrentMemoryContext (IIRC).
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>>Which (pstrdup) shouldn't be used as xstrdup on FRONTEND; should be the
>>provided function.
>>
>>
>
>But Mark's failure was in building the backend.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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