Thread: Make Problems

When i try to compile postgres 8 on windows machine i get this error 
after i issue the make command

make -C doc all
make[1]: Entering directory `/src/pgsql/doc'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/src/pgsql/doc'
make -C src all
make[1]: Entering directory `/src/pgsql/src'
make -C port all
make[2]: Entering directory `/src/pgsql/src/port'
gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing 
-I../../src/port -DFRONTEND -I../../src/include 
-I./src/include/port/win32 -DEXEC_BACKEND  
"-I../../src/include/port/win32"  -c -o open.o open.c
open.c: In function `win32_open':
open.c:67: `O_SEQUENTIAL' undeclared (first use in this function)
open.c:67: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
open.c:67: for each function it appears in.)
make[2]: *** [open.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/src/pgsql/src/port'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/src/pgsql/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2

"Jamie Deppeler" <jamie@doitonce.net.au> writes >
> gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -fno-strict-aliasing
> -I../../src/port -DFRONTEND -I../../src/include
> -I./src/include/port/win32 -DEXEC_BACKEND
> "-I../../src/include/port/win32"  -c -o open.o open.c
> open.c: In function `win32_open':
> open.c:67: `O_SEQUENTIAL' undeclared (first use in this function)
> open.c:67: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> open.c:67: for each function it appears in.)
> make[2]: *** [open.o] Error 1

O_SEQUENTIAL is defined in \include\fcntl.h.  I guess your mingw missed a
line:

#define O_SEQUENTIAL _O_SEQUENTIAL

Update it or simply add this line should be ok.

Regards,
Qingqing