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Subject: Re: any news on Ultrix V4.3 ?
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 11:11:57 PST

In message <9301251838.AA16388@postgres.Berkeley.EDU> you write:

> 	I was wondering as to the status (if any) of Postgres 4.0.1's
> 	ability to function with Ultrix 4.3. Has the problem been
> 	identified, resolved, given up ? How about Postgres 4.1's
> 	ability.

there's a bug in the ultrix 4.3 kernel that causes the system to hang
when a program compiled with -N (to permit dynamic loading of user code)
does a shmat().  dec has been supplied with a four-line program that
reproduces the problem.  we have no word yet on a fix.

					mike