Re: Postgres server on Windows 98

I am a Windows NT/2000 man myself, but I am quite interested in getting it
to work on Windows 98.

I will find some time soon to set up my Windows 98 system and give it a try.


>From: Jason Tishler <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com>
>To: Richard Church <rfchurch@hotmail.com>
>CC: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
>Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] Postgres server on Windows 98
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:13:03 -0400
>
>Richard,
>
>On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:43:56PM -0000, Richard Church wrote:
> > Does the Postgresql server work on Windows? Not just the client?
>
>Many months ago, I tried PostgreSQL on Windows 98 so I could respond to
>a post on pgsql-ports.  It seemed to work.  So, my answer is a guarded
>"yes."  However, Cygwin runs *much* worse on 9X and Me than it does on
>NT 4.0 and 2000 implying (IMO) the same for PostgreSQL.
>
>Unfortunately, I never ran the regression tests.  Since, I no longer have
>access to a 9X or Me machine, I cannot do so now.  Would you or someone
>else being willing to try out the regression tests and report back to the
>list?  I recommend trying make installcheck (i.e., sequential schedule)
>first and then if that works, try make check (i.e., parallel schedule).
>
>Thanks,
>Jason
>
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