# PGAC_TYPE_LOCALE_T
# ------------------
-# Check for the locale_t type and find the right header file. Mac OS
-# X needs xlocale.h; standard is locale.h, but glibc also has an
+# Check for the locale_t type and find the right header file. macOS
+# needs xlocale.h; standard is locale.h, but glibc also has an
# xlocale.h file that we should not use.
#
AC_DEFUN([PGAC_TYPE_LOCALE_T],
if test "$python_enable_shared" != 1; then
if test "$PORTNAME" = darwin; then
- # OS X does supply a .dylib even though Py_ENABLE_SHARED does
+ # macOS does supply a .dylib even though Py_ENABLE_SHARED does
# not get set. The file detection logic below doesn't succeed
- # on older OS X versions, so make it explicit.
+ # on older macOS versions, so make it explicit.
python_enable_shared=1
elif test "$PORTNAME" = win32; then
# Windows also needs an explicit override.
fi
elif test "$with_uuid" = e2fs ; then
- # On OS X, the UUID functions are in libc
+ # On macOS, the UUID functions are in libc
ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "uuid_generate" "ac_cv_func_uuid_generate"
if test "x$ac_cv_func_uuid_generate" = xyes; then :
UUID_LIBS=""
#define HAVE_DECL_STRLCPY $ac_have_decl
_ACEOF
-# This is probably only present on Darwin, but may as well check always
+# This is probably only present on macOS, but may as well check always
ac_fn_c_check_decl "$LINENO" "F_FULLFSYNC" "ac_cv_have_decl_F_FULLFSYNC" "#include <fcntl.h>
"
if test "x$ac_cv_have_decl_F_FULLFSYNC" = xyes; then :
if test "$python_enable_shared" != 1; then
if test "$PORTNAME" = darwin; then
- # OS X does supply a .dylib even though Py_ENABLE_SHARED does
+ # macOS does supply a .dylib even though Py_ENABLE_SHARED does
# not get set. The file detection logic below doesn't succeed
- # on older OS X versions, so make it explicit.
+ # on older macOS versions, so make it explicit.
python_enable_shared=1
elif test "$PORTNAME" = win32; then
# Windows also needs an explicit override.
[UUID_LIBS=""],
[AC_MSG_ERROR([BSD UUID functions are not present])])
elif test "$with_uuid" = e2fs ; then
- # On OS X, the UUID functions are in libc
+ # On macOS, the UUID functions are in libc
AC_CHECK_FUNC(uuid_generate,
[UUID_LIBS=""],
[AC_CHECK_LIB(uuid, uuid_generate,
if test "$PORTNAME" != "win32"; then
AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
dnl Autoconf 2.69's AC_SYS_LARGEFILE believes it's a good idea to #define
- dnl _DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE, but it isn't: on OS X 10.5 that activates a
- dnl bug that causes readdir() to sometimes return EINVAL. On later OS X
+ dnl _DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE, but it isn't: on macOS 10.5 that activates a
+ dnl bug that causes readdir() to sometimes return EINVAL. On later macOS
dnl versions where the feature actually works, it's on by default anyway.
AH_VERBATIM([_DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE],[])
fi
AC_CHECK_DECLS(fdatasync, [], [], [#include <unistd.h>])
AC_CHECK_DECLS([strlcat, strlcpy])
-# This is probably only present on Darwin, but may as well check always
+# This is probably only present on macOS, but may as well check always
AC_CHECK_DECLS(F_FULLFSYNC, [], [], [#include <fcntl.h>])
HAVE_IPV6=no
socket parameter, or similar mechanisms. Currently that includes
<systemitem class="osname">Linux</>,
most flavors of <systemitem class="osname">BSD</> including
- <systemitem class="osname">OS X</>,
+ <systemitem class="osname">macOS</>,
and <systemitem class="osname">Solaris</systemitem>.
</para>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <systemitem class="osname">OS X</>
- <indexterm><primary>OS X</><secondary>shared library</></>
+ <systemitem class="osname">macOS</>
+ <indexterm><primary>macOS</><secondary>shared library</></>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
- <title>OS X</title>
+ <title>macOS</title>
<para>
If you use MacPorts, the following will get you set up:
<productname>MinGW-w64</productname>. These tools can also be used to
cross-compile for 32 bit and 64 bit <productname>Windows</productname>
targets on other hosts, such as <productname>Linux</productname> and
- <productname>Darwin</productname>.
+ <productname>macOS</productname>.
<productname>Cygwin</productname> is not recommended for running a
production server, and it should only be used for running on
older versions of <productname>Windows</productname> where
<listitem>
<para>
Build with Bonjour support. This requires Bonjour support
- in your operating system. Recommended on OS X.
+ in your operating system. Recommended on macOS.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<para>
<option>e2fs</> to use the UUID library created by
the <literal>e2fsprogs</> project; this library is present in most
- Linux systems and in OS X, and can be obtained for other
+ Linux systems and in macOS, and can be obtained for other
platforms as well
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</> can be expected to work on these operating
systems: Linux (all recent distributions), Windows (Win2000 SP4 and later),
- FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OS X, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris,
+ FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, macOS, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris,
and UnixWare. Other Unix-like systems may also work but are not currently
being tested. In most cases, all CPU architectures supported by
a given operating system will work. Look in
Currently, the
<ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace">DTrace</ulink>
utility is supported, which, at the time of this writing, is available
- on Solaris, OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Oracle Linux. The
+ on Solaris, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and Oracle Linux. The
<ulink url="http://sourceware.org/systemtap/">SystemTap</ulink> project
for Linux provides a DTrace equivalent and can also be used. Supporting other dynamic
tracing utilities is theoretically possible by changing the definitions for
</para>
<para>
- This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X.
+ This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including macOS.
It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that
the shared memory request size was too large.
</para>
<listitem><para>Pretty-print UNION queries correctly</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make psql handle <literal>\r\n</> newlines properly in COPY IN</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><application>pg_dump</> handled ACLs with grant options incorrectly</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Fix thread support for OS X and Solaris</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix thread support for macOS and Solaris</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Updated JDBC driver (build 215) with various fixes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>ECPG fixes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Translation updates (various contributors)</para></listitem>
TABLE AS</> from tables without OIDs</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix problems with <filename>alter_table</> regression test
during parallel testing</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Fix problems with hitting open file limit, especially on OS X (Tom)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix problems with hitting open file limit, especially on macOS (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Partial fix for Turkish-locale issues</para>
<para>initdb will succeed now in Turkish locale, but there are still some
inconveniences associated with the <literal>i/I</> problem.</para></listitem>
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem><para>Enable PAM for Mac OS X (Aaron Hillegass)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Enable PAM for macOS (Aaron Hillegass)</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Make B-tree indexes fully WAL-safe (Tom)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Add Mac OS X Rendezvous server support (Chris Campbell)</para>
+ <para>Add macOS Rendezvous server support (Chris Campbell)</para>
<para>
- This allows Mac OS X hosts to query the network for available
+ This allows macOS hosts to query the network for available
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> servers.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix locking code for s390x CPU (64-bit) (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow OpenBSD to use local ident credentials (William Ahern)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make query plan trees read-only to executor (Tom)</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Add Darwin startup scripts (David Wheeler)</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Add macOS startup scripts (David Wheeler)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Allow libpq to compile with Borland C++ compiler (Lester Godwin, Karl Waclawek)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Use our own version of <function>getopt_long()</function> if needed (Peter)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Convert administration scripts to C (Peter)</para></listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X.
+ This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including macOS.
It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that
the shared memory request size was too large.
</para>
<para>
While this could theoretically happen anywhere, no standard build of
- Perl did things this way ... until <productname>Mac OS X</> 10.5.
+ Perl did things this way ... until <productname>macOS</> 10.5.
</para>
</listitem>
(Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application>pgxs</> <literal>-L</> library path
-specification for Win32, Cygwin, OS X, AIX (Bruce)</para></listitem>
+specification for Win32, Cygwin, macOS, AIX (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Check that SID is enabled while checking for Win32 admin
privileges (Magnus)</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Improvements to the Mac OS X startup scripts (Ray A.)
+ Improvements to the macOS startup scripts (Ray A.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Make libpq and ECPG build as proper shared libraries on OS X (Tom)
+ Make libpq and ECPG build as proper shared libraries on macOS (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X.
+ This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including macOS.
It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that
the shared memory request size was too large.
</para>
<para>
While this could theoretically happen anywhere, no standard build of
- Perl did things this way ... until <productname>Mac OS X</> 10.5.
+ Perl did things this way ... until <productname>macOS</> 10.5.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix for Darwin (OS X) compilation (Tom)
+ Fix for macOS (Darwin) compilation (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
(Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <application>pgxs</> <literal>-L</> library path
-specification for Win32, Cygwin, OS X, AIX (Bruce)</para></listitem>
+specification for Win32, Cygwin, macOS, AIX (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Check that SID is enabled while checking for Win32 admin
privileges (Magnus)</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for <literal>fsync_writethrough</literal> on
- Darwin (Chris Campbell)
+ macOS (Chris Campbell)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X.
+ This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including macOS.
It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that
the shared memory request size was too large.
</para>
<para>
While this could theoretically happen anywhere, no standard build of
- Perl did things this way ... until <productname>Mac OS X</> 10.5.
+ Perl did things this way ... until <productname>macOS</> 10.5.
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X.
+ This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including macOS.
It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that
the shared memory request size was too large.
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
Use <acronym>SYSV</> semaphores rather than POSIX on Darwin
- >= 6.0, i.e., OS X 10.2 and up (Chris Marcellino)
+ >= 6.0, i.e., macOS 10.2 and up (Chris Marcellino)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on OS X (Tom Lane)
+ Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on macOS (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
- This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X.
+ This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including macOS.
It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that
the shared memory request size was too large.
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Enable <application>DTrace</> support on <application>Mac OS X
+ Enable <application>DTrace</> support on <application>macOS
Leopard</> and other non-Solaris platforms (Robert Lor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Warn if OS X's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
+ Warn if macOS's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
thread inside the postmaster (Noah Misch)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on OS X (Tom Lane)
+ Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on macOS (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix incorrect quoting of log file name in Mac OS X start script
+ Fix incorrect quoting of log file name in macOS start script
(Sidar Lopez)
</para>
</listitem>
</para>
<para>
- Bonjour support now requires <productname>OS X</> 10.3 or later.
+ Bonjour support now requires <productname>macOS</> 10.3 or later.
The older API has been deprecated by Apple.
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
This dodges a portability problem on FreeBSD-derived platforms
- (including OS X).
+ (including macOS).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Warn if OS X's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
+ Warn if macOS's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
thread inside the postmaster (Noah Misch)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on OS X (Tom Lane)
+ Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on macOS (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix incorrect quoting of log file name in Mac OS X start script
+ Fix incorrect quoting of log file name in macOS start script
(Sidar Lopez)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
This dodges a portability problem on FreeBSD-derived platforms
- (including OS X).
+ (including macOS).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Warn if OS X's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
+ Warn if macOS's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
thread inside the postmaster (Noah Misch)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on OS X (Tom Lane)
+ Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on macOS (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<para>
This dodges a portability problem on FreeBSD-derived platforms
- (including OS X).
+ (including macOS).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Silence some build warnings on OS X (Tom Lane)
+ Silence some build warnings on macOS (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Warn if OS X's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
+ Warn if macOS's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
thread inside the postmaster (Noah Misch)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on OS X (Tom Lane)
+ Fix linking of <application>libpython</> on macOS (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="docguide-toolsets">instructions</link> for setting
- up the documentation tool chain on Mac <productname>OS X</>
+ up the documentation tool chain on <productname>macOS</>
(Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
This dodges a portability problem on FreeBSD-derived platforms
- (including OS X).
+ (including macOS).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Silence some build warnings on OS X (Tom Lane)
+ Silence some build warnings on macOS (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Warn if OS X's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
+ Warn if macOS's <function>setlocale()</> starts an unwanted extra
thread inside the postmaster (Noah Misch)
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
This dodges a portability problem on FreeBSD-derived platforms
- (including OS X).
+ (including macOS).
</para>
</listitem>
Add proofreader's changes to docs (Addison-Wesley, Bruce)
New Alpha spinlock code (Adriaan Joubert, Compaq)
UnixWare port overhaul (Peter E)
-New Darwin/Mac OS X port (Peter Bierman, Bruce Hartzler)
+New macOS (Darwin) port (Peter Bierman, Bruce Hartzler)
New FreeBSD Alpha port (Alfred)
Overhaul shared memory segments (Tom)
Add IBM S/390 support (Neale Ferguson)
<varlistentry>
- <term><systemitem class="osname">OS X</>
- <indexterm><primary>OS X</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
+ <term><systemitem class="osname">macOS</>
+ <indexterm><primary>macOS</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The recommended method for configuring shared memory in OS X
+ The recommended method for configuring shared memory in macOS
is to create a file named <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</>,
containing variable assignments such as:
<programlisting>
kern.sysv.shmseg=8
kern.sysv.shmall=1024
</programlisting>
- Note that in some OS X versions,
+ Note that in some macOS versions,
<emphasis>all five</> shared-memory parameters must be set in
<filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</>, else the values will be ignored.
</para>
<para>
- Beware that recent releases of OS X ignore attempts to set
+ Beware that recent releases of macOS ignore attempts to set
<varname>SHMMAX</> to a value that isn't an exact multiple of 4096.
</para>
</para>
<para>
- In older OS X versions, you will need to reboot to have changes in the
+ In older macOS versions, you will need to reboot to have changes in the
shared memory parameters take effect. As of 10.5 it is possible to
change all but <varname>SHMMNI</> on the fly, using
<application>sysctl</>. But it's still best to set up your preferred
</para>
<para>
- The file <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</> is only honored in OS X
+ The file <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</> is only honored in macOS
10.3.9 and later. If you are running a previous 10.3.x release,
you must edit the file <filename>/etc/rc</>
and change the values in the following commands:
sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall
</programlisting>
Note that
- <filename>/etc/rc</> is usually overwritten by OS X system updates,
+ <filename>/etc/rc</> is usually overwritten by macOS system updates,
so you should expect to have to redo these edits after each update.
</para>
<para>
- In OS X 10.2 and earlier, instead edit these commands in the file
+ In macOS 10.2 and earlier, instead edit these commands in the file
<filename>/System/Library/StartupItems/SystemTuning/SystemTuning</>.
</para>
</listitem>
platforms. <filename>uuid-ossp</> can now be built without the OSSP
library on some platforms. On FreeBSD, NetBSD, and some other BSD-derived
platforms, suitable UUID creation functions are included in the
- core <filename>libc</> library. On Linux, OS X, and some other
+ core <filename>libc</> library. On Linux, macOS, and some other
platforms, suitable functions are provided in the <filename>libuuid</>
library, which originally came from the <literal>e2fsprogs</> project
(though on modern Linux it is considered part
<listitem>
<para>
- On <productname>OS X</productname>, write caching can be prevented by
+ On <productname>macOS</productname>, write caching can be prevented by
setting <varname>wal_sync_method</> to <literal>fsync_writethrough</>.
</para>
</listitem>
endif # shlib_major
# Where possible, restrict the symbols exported by the library to just the
-# official list, so as to avoid unintentional ABI changes. On recent Darwin
+# official list, so as to avoid unintentional ABI changes. On recent macOS
# this also quiets multiply-defined-symbol warnings in programs that use
# libpgport along with libpq.
ifneq (,$(SHLIB_EXPORTS))
# As of 1/2010:
# The probes.o file is necessary for dtrace support on Solaris, and on recent
# versions of systemtap. (Older systemtap releases just produce an empty
-# file, but that's okay.) However, OS X's dtrace doesn't use it and doesn't
-# even recognize the -G option. So, build probes.o except on Darwin.
+# file, but that's okay.) However, macOS's dtrace doesn't use it and doesn't
+# even recognize the -G option. So, build probes.o except on macOS.
# This might need adjustment as other platforms add dtrace support.
ifneq ($(PORTNAME), darwin)
ifeq ($(enable_dtrace), yes)
/*
- * Dynamic loading support for Darwin
+ * Dynamic loading support for macOS (Darwin)
*
* If dlopen() is available (Darwin 10.3 and later), we just use it.
* Otherwise we emulate it with the older, now deprecated, NSLinkModule API.
#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_IS_THREADED_NP
/*
- * On Darwin, libintl replaces setlocale() with a version that calls
+ * On macOS, libintl replaces setlocale() with a version that calls
* CFLocaleCopyCurrent() when its second argument is "" and every relevant
* environment variable is unset or empty. CFLocaleCopyCurrent() makes
* the process multithreaded. The postmaster calls sigprocmask() and
* Even apart from the risk of broken locales, it's possible that there
* are platforms where the use of abbreviated keys should be disabled at
* compile time. Having only 4 byte datums could make worst-case
- * performance drastically more likely, for example. Moreover, Darwin's
- * strxfrm() implementations is known to not effectively concentrate a
+ * performance drastically more likely, for example. Moreover, macOS's
+ * strxfrm() implementation is known to not effectively concentrate a
* significant amount of entropy from the original string in earlier
* transformed blobs. It's possible that other supported platforms are
* similarly encumbered. So, if we ever get past disabling this
#if defined(__darwin__)
/*
- * Darwin (and perhaps other NeXT-derived platforms?) has a static
- * copy of the argv pointer, which we may fix like so:
+ * macOS (and perhaps other NeXT-derived platforms?) has a static copy
+ * of the argv pointer, which we may fix like so:
*/
*_NSGetArgv() = new_argv;
#endif
* Typedefs used in PostgreSQL.
*
* NOTE: Do not use system-provided typedefs (e.g. uintptr_t, uint32_t, etc)
- * in probe definitions, as they cause compilation errors on Mac OS X 10.5.
+ * in probe definitions, as they cause compilation errors on macOS 10.5.
*/
#define LocalTransactionId unsigned int
#define LWLockMode int
/*
* Suppressing the write attempt when HISTFILE is set to /dev/null may
- * look like a negligible optimization, but it's necessary on e.g. Darwin,
+ * look like a negligible optimization, but it's necessary on e.g. macOS,
* where write_history will fail because it tries to chmod the target
* file.
*/
#define __darwin__ 1
-#if HAVE_DECL_F_FULLFSYNC /* not present before OS X 10.3 */
+#if HAVE_DECL_F_FULLFSYNC /* not present before macOS 10.3 */
#define HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH
#endif
}
#else
#ifdef TCP_KEEPALIVE
- /* Darwin uses TCP_KEEPALIVE rather than TCP_KEEPIDLE */
+ /* macOS uses TCP_KEEPALIVE rather than TCP_KEEPIDLE */
if (setsockopt(conn->sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_KEEPALIVE,
(char *) &idle, sizeof(idle)) < 0)
{
from libpgport are linked first. This avoids having applications
dependent on symbols that are _used_ by libpq, but not intended to be
exported by libpq. libpq's libpgport usage changes over time, so such a
-dependency is a problem. Win32, Linux, and Darwin use an export list to
+dependency is a problem. Windows, Linux, and macOS use an export list to
control the symbols exported by libpq.
#ifdef __darwin__
/*
- * Current OS X has many locales that report an empty string for CODESET,
+ * Current macOS has many locales that report an empty string for CODESET,
* but they all seem to actually use UTF-8.
*/
if (strlen(sys) == 0)
# src/template/darwin
-# Select appropriate semaphore support. Darwin 6.0 (Mac OS X 10.2) and up
-# support System V semaphores; before that we have to use POSIX semaphores,
-# which are less good for our purposes because they eat a file descriptor
-# per backend per max_connection slot.
+# Note: Darwin is the original code name for macOS, also known as OS X.
+# We still use "darwin" as the port name, partly because config.guess does.
+
+# Select appropriate semaphore support. Darwin 6.0 (macOS 10.2) and up
+# support System V semaphores; before that we have to use named POSIX
+# semaphores, which are less good for our purposes because they eat a
+# file descriptor per backend per max_connection slot.
case $host_os in
darwin[015].*)
USE_NAMED_POSIX_SEMAPHORES=1
/*
* Most platforms have adopted the POSIX locale as their
* implementation-defined default locale. Exceptions include native
- * Windows, Darwin with --enable-nls, and Cygwin with --enable-nls.
+ * Windows, macOS with --enable-nls, and Cygwin with --enable-nls.
* (Use of --enable-nls matters because libintl replaces setlocale().)
- * Also, PostgreSQL does not support Darwin with locale environment
+ * Also, PostgreSQL does not support macOS with locale environment
* variables unset; see PostmasterMain().
*/
#if defined(WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__darwin__)
# find both .o files and executables. Therefore, ignore error messages about
# unsuitable files being fed to objdump.
#
-# This is known to work on Linux and on some BSDen, including Mac OS X.
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