Re: Building PostgreSQL from Source using MinGW - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Building PostgreSQL from Source using MinGW
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Msg-id 28652.1126116009@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Building PostgreSQL from Source using MinGW  ("Lee, Patricia S." <Patricia.Lee@unisys.com>)
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"Lee, Patricia S." <Patricia.Lee@unisys.com> writes:
> I'm trying to build postgreSQL 8.0.3 from source using MinGW

The people who know how to do that probably don't hang out in
pgsql-novice ;-).  Try asking for help in pgsql-hackers-win32.

However, your immediate problem is simply failure to read configure's
error message:

> configure: error: zlib library not found
> If you have zlib already installed, see config.log for details on the
> failure.  It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper
> directory.
> Use --without-zlib to disable zlib support.

            regards, tom lane

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