*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c,v 1.116 2002/09/04 20:31:31 momjian Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c,v 1.117 2002/10/03 19:19:09 tgl Exp $
*
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
if (!IsUnderPostmaster) /* postmaster already did this */
{
/*
- * we're running a postgres backend by itself with no front end or
- * postmaster. Create private "shmem" and semaphores. Setting
- * MaxBackends = 16 is arbitrary.
+ * We're running a postgres bootstrap process or a standalone backend.
+ * Create private "shmem" and semaphores. Force MaxBackends to 1 so
+ * that we don't allocate more resources than necessary.
*/
- CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(true, 16, 0);
+ SetConfigOption("max_connections", "1",
+ PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
+
+ CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(true, MaxBackends, 0);
}
}