Re: Building Postgres using mingw

On 05/07/2014 08:27 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Following some instructions on the wiki and the docs, I am trying to
> compile the code using minwg:
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Building_With_MinGW
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-MINGW
>
> After installing mingw-w64 and adding its binaries to PATH, I am able
> to complete configure correctly (including finding a compiler with
> --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32). However mingw-w64 does not have a make
> command included so compilation cannot continue.

It would seem it does:):

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64/wiki/Make

>
> I have also installed msysgit to facilitate the work and have already
> most of the build dependencies at hand. Something obvious that I may
> be missing? Is it better to give up with mingw and switch to msvc?
>
> Regards,
>


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