Thread: Win32 toolset
Bruce said: >Actually, I think the requirement wasn't that we can build with >open-source tools, but rather that we can build using the same toolchain >we have under Unix. The concern was that a separate build environment >made up of Visual C project files was not maintainable. MinGW allows us >to use that same tool chain, as does Cygwin as well. > Is it worth trying to have configure settings that would allow gmake to build with VC++ then? cheers andrew
Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > Bruce said: > > >Actually, I think the requirement wasn't that we can build with > >open-source tools, but rather that we can build using the same toolchain > >we have under Unix. The concern was that a separate build environment > >made up of Visual C project files was not maintainable. MinGW allows us > >to use that same tool chain, as does Cygwin as well. > > > > Is it worth trying to have configure settings that would allow gmake to > build with VC++ then? You mean us VC++ via the command line? Sure, if that works, it would be fine. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
> > >You mean us VC++ via the command line? Sure, if that works, it would be >fine. > > > VC++ "might" be a problem for the commercial vendors. I believe their is a royalty requirement. It may be better to look at Borland. J -- Command Prompt, Inc., home of Mammoth PostgreSQL - S/ODBC and S/JDBC Postgresql support, programming shared hosting and dedicated hosting. +1-503-222-2783 - jd@commandprompt.com - http://www.commandprompt.com Editor-N-Chief - PostgreSQl.Org - http://www.postgresql.org
> -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:jd@commandprompt.com] > Sent: 13 November 2003 07:03 > To: Bruce Momjian > Cc: Andrew Dunstan; pgsql-hackers-win32 > Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Win32 toolset > > > > > > >You mean us VC++ via the command line? Sure, if that works, > it would > >be fine. > > > > > > > VC++ "might" be a problem for the commercial vendors. I > believe their is > a royalty requirement. Not that I have ever come across. I would think such a thing would seriously restrict potential sales. Regards, Dave.
There is no royalty requirement for binaries built with VC++ even if shipped with the Microsoft redistributable runtime DLLs (which you can also link statically with). - Steve -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-hackers-win32-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Joshua D. Drake Sent: November 13, 2003 2:03 AM To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Andrew Dunstan; pgsql-hackers-win32 Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Win32 toolset > > >You mean us VC++ via the command line? Sure, if that works, it would >be fine. > > > VC++ "might" be a problem for the commercial vendors. I believe their is a royalty requirement. It may be better to look at Borland. J -- Command Prompt, Inc., home of Mammoth PostgreSQL - S/ODBC and S/JDBC Postgresql support, programming shared hosting and dedicated hosting. +1-503-222-2783 - jd@commandprompt.com - http://www.commandprompt.com Editor-N-Chief - PostgreSQl.Org - http://www.postgresql.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings