daf3d99d2b
Before commit e25626677f, PGReserveSemaphores() had to be called
before SpinlockSemaInit() because spinlocks were implemented using
semaphores on some platforms (--disable-spinlocks). Add a comment
explaining that.
Author: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAExHW5seSZpPx-znjidVZNzdagGHOk06F+Ds88MpPUbxd1kTaA@mail.gmail.com
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PostgreSQL Database Management System
This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system.
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings.
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