Re: compiling postgres for 64 bit windows using mingw64 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: compiling postgres for 64 bit windows using mingw64
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Msg-id 1008.1246553376@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to compiling postgres for 64 bit windows using mingw64  ("McWilliams, Steven" <Steven_McWilliams@bmc.com>)
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"McWilliams, Steven" <Steven_McWilliams@bmc.com> writes:
> I am wondering if anyone has successfully compiled postgres for 64 bit
> windows using mingw64?

We don't currently support 64-bit builds on Windows.  There are a pile
of issues there, most coming from Microsoft's nonstandard decision to
make sizeof(long) != sizeof(pointer).  In practice you probably wouldn't
get any noticeable performance improvement over a 32-bit build anyway,
seeing that large shared_buffers settings don't seem to be useful on
Windows.

            regards, tom lane

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