Re: compiling postgres in winxp

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Jaime Casanova wrote:

> i'm trying to compile postgres in winxp for the first time in order to
> try recent Magnus patch discussed here
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-11/msg01307.php
>
> /mingw/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/sys/time.h:27: error:
> redefinition of `struct timezone'
> /mingw/lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/sys/time.h:40: error:
> conflicting types for 'gettimeofday'
> .../../src/include/port.h:292: error: previous declaration of
> 'gettimeofday' was here

Only very recently can the 8.2 release be built with recent mingw 
releases.  Upgrade pg to the top of REL8_2_STABLE or downgrade mingw.

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-11/msg00566.php

Kris Jurka