Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Hmm. Anyone like the idea of a platform-specific default established
>> by configure? We could set it in the template file on platforms where
>> the default SHMMAX is too small to allow 1000 buffers.
> Template file seems like a good idea for platforms that can't handle the
> default. I don't think configure should be doing such tests because the
> target could be a different kernel.
Right, I wasn't thinking of an actual run-time test in configure, just
that we could use it to let the OS-specific template file override the
normal default.
We could offer a --with switch to manually choose the default, too.
regards, tom lane