Re: allow running parts of src/tools/msvc/ under not Windows - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: allow running parts of src/tools/msvc/ under not Windows
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Msg-id 20200221040001.GB3260@paquier.xyz
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In response to Re: allow running parts of src/tools/msvc/ under not Windows  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: allow running parts of src/tools/msvc/ under not Windows
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 09:31:32AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> The main benefit is that if you make "blind" edits in the Perl files,
>> you can verify them easily, first by seeing that the Perl code runs,
>> second, depending on the circumstances, by diffing the created project
>> files.  Another is that if you do some nontrivial surgery in makefiles,
>> you can check whether the Perl code can still process them.  So the
>> benefit is mainly that you can iterate faster when working on build
>> system related things.  You still need to do a full test on Windows at
>> the conclusion, but then hopefully with a better chance of success.
>
> I see.  No objection then.

None from here either, and the patch is working correctly.
--
Michael

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