Re: forward vs backward slashes in msvc build code

On 03/04/2015 10:37 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 2/15/15 6:55 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> I tested quickly the second patch with MS 2010 and I am getting a
>> build failure: chkpass cannot complete because of crypt missing. On
>> master build passes. More details here:
>> "C:\Users\mpaquier\git\postgres\pgsql.sln" (default target) (1) ->
>> "C:\Users\mpaquier\git\postgres\chkpass.vcxproj" (default target) (36) ->
>> (Link target) ->
>>    chkpass.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol crypt
>> referenced in function chkpass_in
>> [C:\Users\ioltas\git\postgres\chkpass.vcxproj]
>>    .\Release\chkpass\chkpass.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved
>> externals [C:\Users\mpaquier\git\postgres\chkpass.vcxproj]
> I can't tell from just looking at the code how chkpass would normally
> find crypt.  The msvc tools neither parse SHLIB_LINK nor have hardcoded
> knowledge.  Any idea?
>


Which library is it in? There are sections at the top of Mkvcbuild.pm 
for including various libraries in contrib modules that need them.

cheers

andrew