Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Sigh ...

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Well, maybe the right answer is to take a step back and figure out what
>> pg_config.h.win32's excuse for living is at all.

> Oops, the file is only used by MSVC/BCC, not by MinGW. Sorry for the 
> mistake about that.

Well, I'm still wondering why it is an input for MSVC.  If we have a
configure substitute for MSVC, why isn't it working off pg_config.h.in?

The original idea of pg_config.h.win32 was to support the pre-8.0
method for building native libpq.dll.  I'd like to see us obsolete that
method altogether and get rid of pg_config.h.win32.

> However, all the values are hardcoded, so nothing in it should relate to 
> settings that come from configure, I believe. These should be dealt with 
> in src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm (mostly in GenerateFiles() ).

FYI, I'm about to commit changes moving XLOG_BLCKSZ and XLOG_SEG_SIZE
into the domain of configurable stuff, too.
        regards, tom lane