Re: eventlog fix

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-patches-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-patches-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
> Sent: 19 June 2004 20:03
> To: Magnus Hagander
> Cc: Bruce Momjian; Laurent Ballester; pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCHES] eventlog fix
>
> "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
> > We require the MS "MC" compiler to build the BIN file (note
> - this is
> > not C - this is the "Message Compiler").
>
> So is this tool readily available?  What does one have to
> do/buy to lay hands on it?

Download it from
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/ (dunno how
that'll render outside of IE - it's part of an active setup thingy).
It's included with the Windows Platform SDK (which is free).

> > Not requiring it is the reason we'd include the .BIN file
> in CVS. MC
> > is only needed to *rebuild* it.
>
> I'd prefer to avoid having derived files like this in CVS.
> We do not keep any other derived files in CVS (except
> configure, which decision seems more and more like a
> historical artifact).

It's a very large download to get the SDK (180MB) - that's a lot of
bandwidth for one little derived file that will almost certainly never
change.

Regards, Dave.