George,
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 07:39:58PM -0400, George, Martin wrote:
> I have tried to use the faqs for installing PostGres on Cygwin. If it
> is inappropriate to ask you for help, please direct me to the other
> sources if you can...
Please post instead of sending private email.
> Otherwise, I have included details below:
>
> Thank you!
>
> Martin George
>
> Details:
>
> Using:
> cygwin 1.5.11-1
> cygipc 2.03-2 (but I do not know what it is or if I need to use it
> in a special way)
cygipc is no longer needed by Cygwin PostgreSQL.
> bash 2.05b-16
> make 3.80-1
What version of PostgreSQL?
> I enter:
> usr/sbin/cygserver &
The above should be "/usr/sbin/cygserver &" unless your current working
directory is "/".
> initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -W -E LATIN1
>
> but I get:
> initdb: failed.
What is the *exact* error message(s)?
> One faq recommends using:
Did you read the Cygwin PostgreSQL README?
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.4.5.README
> make MAX_CONNECTIONS=5 check
>
> but I get:
> make: *** No rule to make target `check'. Stop.
There is no need to use make unless you are building PostgreSQL from
source.
Jason
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