Re: [HACKERS] PLJava for Postgres 9.2.

On 05/16/2013 05:59 PM, Paul Hammond wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've downloaded PLJava, the latest version, which doesn't seem to have
> a binary distribution at all for 9.2, so I'm trying to build it from
> the source for Postgres 9.2. I have the DB itself installed on Windows
> 7 64 bit as a binary install. I've had to do a fair bit of hacking
> with the makefiles on cygwin to get PLJava to build, but I have
> succeeded in compiling the Java and JNI code, the pljava_all and
> deploy_all targets effectively.


Cygwin is not a recommended build platform for native Windows builds.
See the docs for the recommended ways to build Postgres.


>
> But I'm coming unstuck at the next target where it's doing the target
> c_all. It's trying to find the following makefile in the Postgres dist:
>
> <my postgres installation dir>/lib/pgxs/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk: No such
> file or directory
>
> What do I need to do to obtain the required files, and does anybody
> know why, given Postgres 9.2 is out some time, and 9.3 is in beta, why
> no prebuild binary PLJavas exist for 9.2?


Because nobody has built them?


FYI, PL/Java is not maintained by the PostgreSQL project.


cheers

andrew