Re: install libpq.dll in bin directory on Windows / Cygwin - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: install libpq.dll in bin directory on Windows / Cygwin
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Msg-id 20140131172538.GI19957@momjian.us
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In response to install libpq.dll in bin directory on Windows / Cygwin  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@pgexperts.com>)
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On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 04:53:45PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Jeff Janes asked me about this, and Bruce just tripped up on it.
> Usually on Windows it's necessary to have libpq.dll/cygpq.dll either
> in the PATH or in the same directory as client .exe files. The
> buildfarm client has for many years simply copied this dll from the
> installation lib to the installation bin directory after running
> "make install". But I can't really see why we don't do that as part
> of "make install" anyway. I haven't tested but I think something
> like this patch would achieve this goal - it would fix something
> that's tripped a lot of people up over the years.
> 
> Comments? If we do this, should it be backported?

Andrew, where are we on this?

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