Re: [ANNOUNCE] Re: New PostgreSQL binary distro for Windows NT

Hi there!

Any chance to get this dist (or any other) running on Windows 95/98 ?

[]s, Fernando Lozano

> Joerg,
>
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:07:25AM +0200, Joerg Hessdoerfer wrote:
> > Download the README and distribution from ftp://129.247.96.142/PostgresNT.
>
> The following MS KB article:
>
>     http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q243/4/86.ASP
>
> indicates that AutoExNT is part of the MS Windows 2000 Resource Kit.
> If the licensing terms of the MS Windows 2000 Resource Kit is the same
> as the MS Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit, then AutoExNT is not freely
> distributable.  This is the same issue that srvany.exe (from the MS
> Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit) has.
>
> My suggestion would be to remove your distro's dependency on AutoExNT
> and replace it will Idetix's Invoker which is unencumbered.  You can
> find Invoker at:
>
>     http://www.idetix.com/files/invkr153.zip
>
> BTW, I may eventually patch postmaster (i.e., postgres.exe) to be a
> true NT service similar to what Cygwin did for inetd.exe.  If so, I
> will certainly submit this patch for consideration.
>
> Jason
>
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