Re: Errr. Why is cyg-ipc.... not in cygwin??

Tim,

On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 10:38:59PM +0000, Tim Finch, FosterFinch Ltd wrote:
> Having been doing some rapid acclimatisation to getting postgreSQL running
> on Windows NT codebase, and learning all about cygipc etc. can I ask a
> perhaps rather dull question... Why is cygipc not in the cygwin package as
> its an essential part to make postgreSQL (which IS in the cygwin package)
> run...?

I have some good news and some bad news... :,)

See the following thread:

    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2001-03/msg00226.html

As you can see, I had already suggested including cygipc in the standard
Cygwin distribution.  The bad news is for various reasons, it was decided
not to include cygipc.

The good news is that Cygwin will have a daemon real soon now.  After
this, adding IPC to Cygwin (the right way) becomes significantly easier.
Hopefully, cygipc can be retired in the very near future.

Jason