Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >
> >If the installer can't run on NT4 SP4, that is an installer issue. I
> >don't see why we should label the base source code as not working on it.
> >If it doesn't have symlinks, fine, no tablespaces. I will update the
> >release notes to mention the installer doesn't run on NT4.
> >
> >Basically, we can't turn the PostgreSQL ship on a dime. If we come out
> >and say NT4 doesn't work, the someone else appears and gets it working,
> >it is harder to communicate that. I don't want to be adding/removing
> >NT4 based on untested ideas.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Well, when I began this I said we should either remove NT4 from the
> supported list or make some very public caveats about its use.
>
> The installer can issue its own warnings, I guess. Perhaps the best way
> to handle the tablespace crash would be to build in a runtime OS version
> check in the CREATE TABLESPACE code and error out on NT4. That leaves
> the issue of the event log size, which I guess is a documentation issue.
Are you saying the server will crash if you try to create a junction
point on NT4, or just fail?
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