Re: postgres on cygwin

George,

On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 07:39:58PM -0400, George, Martin wrote:
> I have tried to use the faqs for installing PostGres on Cygwin.  If it
> is inappropriate to ask you for help, please direct me to the other
> sources if you can...

Please post instead of sending private email.

> Otherwise, I have included details below:
>
> Thank you!
>
> Martin George
>
> Details:
>
> Using:
>     cygwin 1.5.11-1
>     cygipc 2.03-2 (but I do not know what it is or if I need to use it
>     in a special way)

cygipc is no longer needed by Cygwin PostgreSQL.

>     bash 2.05b-16
>     make 3.80-1

What version of PostgreSQL?

> I enter:
>     usr/sbin/cygserver &

The above should be "/usr/sbin/cygserver &" unless your current working
directory is "/".

>     initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -W -E LATIN1
>
> but I get:
>     initdb: failed.

What is the *exact* error message(s)?

> One faq recommends using:

Did you read the Cygwin PostgreSQL README?

    /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.4.5.README

>     make MAX_CONNECTIONS=5 check
>
> but I get:
>     make: *** No rule to make target `check'.  Stop.

There is no need to use make unless you are building PostgreSQL from
source.

Jason

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