On 2/11/2009 11:40 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Bernard Grosperrin" <bgrosperrin@laposte.net> writes:
>> I have setup a build environment on Windows 7 32 bits, with Visual Studio
>> 2005. Took me a while to get all the bits and parts working, but I finally
>> went through it. Only problem, I get 2 LINK errors:
>> fatal error LINK 1104: cannot open file
>> '.\Release\utf8_and_shift_jis_2004\utf8_and_shift_jis_2004.obj'
>> fatal error LINK 1104: cannot open file
>> '.\Release\euc_jis_2004_and_shift_jis_2004\
>> euc_jis_2004_and_shift_jis_2004.obj'
>
> Hm, do you have a file
>
> src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/euc_jis_2004_and_shift_jis_2004/euc_jis_2004_and_shift_jis_2004.c
>
> and did anything get built from that?
>
> We have seen reports of certain versions of "tar" failing to extract
> this file from the source tarball, probably because its name is so
> long. That could have happened to you --- if so, the recommendation
> is to find another tool to un-tar with.
I almost wonder if a `configure' test to detect this particular form of
source tree corruption would be helpful.
--
Craig Ringer
