Re: Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL CVS Patch

Can someone tell me the status of this patch?

> Peter,
>
> On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 04:37:31AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Jason Tishler writes:
> >
> > > > Okay, so we could change the regression test driver to set a PATH that
> > > > includes libdir.  No problem there.
> > >
> > > See attached patch for the above.
> >
> > Installed.
>
> Thanks.  I meant to surround the Cygwin specific stuff with a case
> statement but forgot -- thanks for cleaning up after me.  Sigh...
>
> > Another issue you might be interested in is that of Unix domain sockets.
> > I understand that they now exist in Cygwin, so you might want to refine
> > this snippet in src/include/config.h[.in]:
> >
> > /*
> >  * Define this if your operating system supports AF_UNIX family sockets.
> >  */
> > #if !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(__QNX__) && !defined(__BEOS__)
> > # define HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS 1
> > #endif
> >
> > And take a look at doc/FAQ_MSWIN, if you like, to see if it's up to date.
>
> See attached patch and ChangeLog.  This trivial patch enables UNIX
> domain sockets for Cygwin.  This version of Cygwin PostgreSQL still
> passes all regression tests.  However, there are two issues with
> Cygwin's support of UNIX domain sockets:
>
>     1. psql (and other clients) with hang if postmaster is not running
>        and the socket file (e.g., /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432) exists
>     2. Cygwin's AF_UNIX sockets are really implemented as AF_INET
>     sockets so they are inherently insecure.  See the follow for more
>     details:
>
>        http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-12/msg01058.html
>
> The procedure to apply the patch is as follows:
>
>     $ cd pgsql
>     $ # save attached patch to current directory
>     $ patch -p0 <af_unix.patch
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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