Re: mingw compile error - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:18:18AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that if I build postgresql-8.3.1 on mingw with
> --disable-shared --without-zlib, I get a compiler error when it goes to
> build the regress test in src/test/regress.
>
> The problem is here,
>   $(NAME)$(DLSUFFIX): $(shlib)
>           rm -f $(NAME)$(DLSUFFIX)
>           $(LN_S) $(shlib) $(NAME)$(DLSUFFIX)
> It uses the variable $(shlib) which is only defined if the build is
> configured with a shared library. Therefor, the ln -s command comes out
> like 'ln -s  regress.dll', and the build fails.

Ping. Anyone care?

Bob Rossi