PostgreSQL Data Base Management System (formerly known as Postgres, then as Postgres95). This directory contains the version 6.2.1 release of the PostgreSQL database server. The server is not ANSI SQL compliant, but it gets closer with every release. After you unzip and untar the distribution file, look at file INSTALL for the installation notes and file HISTORY for the changes. The latest version of this software may be obtained at ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/. For more information look at our WWW home page located at http://www.postgreSQL.org/. PostgreSQL is not public domain software. It is copyrighted by the University of California but may be used according to the licensing terms of the the copyright below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ POSTGRES95 Data Base Management System (formerly known as Postgres, then as Postgres95). Copyright (c) 1994-7 Regents of the University of California Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
Marc G. Fournier
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========================================== What follows is a set of diffs that cleans up the usage of BLCKSZ. As a side effect, the person compiling the code can change the value of BLCKSZ _at_their_own_risk_. By that, I mean that I've tried it here at 4096 and 16384 with no ill-effects. A value of 4096 _shouldn't_ affect much as far as the kernel/file system goes, but making it bigger than 8192 can have severe consequences if you don't know what you're doing. 16394 worked for me, _BUT_ when I went to 32768 and did an initdb, the SCSI driver broke and the partition that I was running under went to hell in a hand basket. Had to reboot and do a good bit of fsck'ing to fix things up. The patch can be safely applied though. Just leave BLCKSZ = 8192 and everything is as before. It basically only cleans up all of the references to BLCKSZ in the code. If this patch is applied, a comment in the config.h file though above the BLCKSZ define with warning about monkeying around with it would be a good idea. Darren darrenk@insightdist.com (Also cleans up some of the #includes in files referencing BLCKSZ.) ==========================================