Re: postgres 7.4 build for win - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: postgres 7.4 build for win
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Msg-id 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE476AAC@algol.sollentuna.se
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In response to postgres 7.4 build for win  (Amin Abdulghani <amin@quantiva.com>)
Responses Re: postgres 7.4 build for win
List pgsql-general
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to build postgres 7.4.5 on windows (200) on
>mingw/msys env. I have installed win32-pthreads to
>enable-thread safet feature. Couple of issues that I
>wanted to check:.

7.4 is not supported natively on win32. If you need it on windows, you
need to use cygwin. If you can, go to 8.0.1 which is natively supported.
(No, it's not just a matter of finding the right way to compile it.
There is a *lot* of code changes between 7.4 and 8.0 for win32
compatibility)

//Magnus

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