Re: Windows build issues

On 04/12/2011 08:23 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 22:16, Peter Eisentraut<peter_e@gmx.net>  wrote:
>> On tor, 2011-04-07 at 16:20 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> It sure would be nice if someone would write a doc patch, or at least
>>> a wiki page, explaining all the permutations here...  I get the
>>> impression it's not that hard to set up if you are reasonable
>>> comfortable working in a Windows environment, but it's pretty
>>> intimidating if you aren't.
>> Here's a patch I came up with that matches my experience, but evidently
>> there could be many others.
> Have we shown for sure that you can't build it with the compiler
> that's in the SDK? If not, I still think that should be our primary
> option - I certainly don't see how it's obsolete. (and you can,
> afaics, still get the platform sdk with the correct version of the
> compiler (non-vs2010), but I haven't tested it)
>
> Or did I miss something in this thread?
>


I haven't actually tried using the SDK alone. I'll try testing that on a 
cloud appliance when I get a chance, as I'm out of Windows boxes I can 
reasonable perturb. I do know you *need* the SDK for 64 bit builds with 
VSE 2008, as it doesn't include a 64 bit compiler.

cheers

andrew