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New PostgreSQL binary distro for Windows NT

From
Joerg Hessdoerfer
Date:
Hi all!

I'll try it again, using a different approach.

This distribution allows you to run postmaster as a service under Win NT,
and was tested
on two completely different machines. It uses the cygwin setup schema to
install, so
it also supports easy installation for users that have cygwin already
installed.

Download the README and distribution from ftp://129.247.96.142/PostgresNT.

You will need either PostgreSQL-7.0.2-1.tar.gz (if you already have cygwin
1.1.4) or
pqsql-NT-complete-0.1.zip if you want don't have cygwin 1.1.4 (and don't
plan to install
it from another source).
cygipc-1.07.tar.gz can be found there, too.
After download, please follow the instructions in README.

Please contact me for any installation reports.

I hope, this works better for most users -  it's cleaner than my first
attempt in many
respects.

Greetings,
    Joerg

Re: [PORTS] New PostgreSQL binary distro for Windows NT

From
Jason Tishler
Date:
Joerg,

On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:07:25AM +0200, Joerg Hessdoerfer wrote:
> Download the README and distribution from ftp://129.247.96.142/PostgresNT.

The following MS KB article:

    http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q243/4/86.ASP

indicates that AutoExNT is part of the MS Windows 2000 Resource Kit.
If the licensing terms of the MS Windows 2000 Resource Kit is the same
as the MS Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit, then AutoExNT is not freely
distributable.  This is the same issue that srvany.exe (from the MS
Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit) has.

My suggestion would be to remove your distro's dependency on AutoExNT
and replace it will Idetix's Invoker which is unencumbered.  You can
find Invoker at:

    http://www.idetix.com/files/invkr153.zip

BTW, I may eventually patch postmaster (i.e., postgres.exe) to be a
true NT service similar to what Cygwin did for inetd.exe.  If so, I
will certainly submit this patch for consideration.

Jason

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