Add comment about the use of EXEC_BACKEND.

diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 51f766275bbe1dacc09cd5c11f093e173c3e32c7..4de816734604d3ad811f86b4eb7eea11ae266c8e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *       $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.564 2008/09/23 09:20:36 heikki Exp $
+ *       $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.565 2008/09/23 20:35:38 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -3286,6 +3286,10 @@ postmaster_forkexec(int argc, char *argv[])
 /*
  * backend_forkexec -- fork/exec off a backend process
  *
+ * Some operating systems (WIN32) don't have fork() so we have to simulate
+ * it by storing parameters that need to be passed to the child and
+ * then create a new child process.
+ *
  * returns the pid of the fork/exec'd process, or -1 on failure
  */
 static pid_t