Re: Is there a way to build PostgreSQL client libraries with MinGW

Yes, I want it working on 64 bit Windows Server 2003 R2 and 64 bit
Windows 7 home basic.
Which version of 32bit MinGW  do you use, I use the one shipped with
Rtools212.exe which is downloaded from
http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools, and there is no chmod.

xiaobo gu


2011/1/24 Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>:
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> On 01/23/2011 10:09 PM, Xiaobo Gu wrote:
>> Here is my plan,
>> 1. To make the configurate script pass:
>>       Currently MinGW does not provide chmod, but on Windows I think this
>> can be ignored now, we all use Admin
>>       users to do the work.
>> 2. To make a pg-client Makefile target, can you help wich which c
>> files should be compiled and linked into dlls and lib file.
>>
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> Why do you need to do this? Postgres can be built as is today on Mingw.
> Not just the client libraries, the whole server too. It does not need to
> be an Adminstrative user, and you should by no means assume that the
> user building Postgres will be an administrator, nor that the user
> running Postgres will be. My 32 bit Mingw certainly understands chmod.
>
> There are machines doing this every day, several times a day. See
> <http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/show_status.pl> - frogmouth and
> narwhal are examples. We've had working Mingw builds for quite a few
> years now.
>
> The only issue is building 64bit binaries. So get the build working for
> 32bit, then try switching to the 64bit compiler and see what breaks. If
> all you need is the client library, build with no zlib or any other
> third party libraries.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
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