g
    build flag for <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> is
    <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>-DLINUX_OOM_ADJ=0</TT
>.
   </P
><DIV
CLASS="NOTE"
><BLOCKQUOTE
CLASS="NOTE"
><P
><B
>Note: </B
>    Some vendors' Linux 2.4 kernels are reported to have early versions
    of the 2.6 overcommit <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>sysctl</TT
> parameter.  However, setting
    <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>vm.overcommit_memory</TT
> to 2
    on a 2.4 kernel that does not have the relevant code will make
    things worse, not better.  It i