Re: postgres.h - Mailing list pgsql-cygwin

From Jason Tishler
Subject Re: postgres.h
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Msg-id 20031105161036.GE1792@tishler.net
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In response to Re: postgres.h  (Frank Seesink <frank@mail.wvnet.edu>)
List pgsql-cygwin
Frank,

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:12:52PM -0500, Frank Seesink wrote:
> Basically it involves building an EXPORT list via 'nm' and then
> building the libary using 'dllwrap'.

Please recommend using "gcc -shared" instead of "dllwrap".

> Finally, fork().  Cygwin is fork()ing hell (pun intended) compared to
> a proper *nix environment.  Applications which use fork() either
> directly or indirectly--as Jabberd does since it uses GNU Pth, which
> in turn uses fork()--often have difficulty under Cygwin.  As mentioned
> above, when attempting to run a version of Jabberd compiled against
> minires (basically attempting to build Jabberd under Cygwin as you
> would do under *nix), I ran into trouble.  The trouble involved
> fork().  I do not have a resolution at this time.

<WAG>
Try rebasing your system:

    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2003-09/msg00039.html
</WAG>

Jason

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