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/contrib

From
"Merlin Moncure"
Date:
Most of the /contrib projects in the current cvs sources do not compile
for various (mostly trivial) reasons.  For example, conflicting
definitions for WORD tend to pop up...

Most of these projects do not have a configure script.  Some of the msys
library functions like random() are missing or in the wrong place.  What
is the best way to go about fixing these types of problems?

IMO, this deserves a note on the win32 status page.

Merlin

Re: /contrib

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Merlin Moncure wrote:
> Most of the /contrib projects in the current cvs sources do not compile
> for various (mostly trivial) reasons.  For example, conflicting
> definitions for WORD tend to pop up...
>
> Most of these projects do not have a configure script.  Some of the msys
> library functions like random() are missing or in the wrong place.  What
> is the best way to go about fixing these types of problems?
>
> IMO, this deserves a note on the win32 status page.

Uh, I guess we will just have to wait for patches from Win32 guys.

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Re: /contrib

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com> writes:
> Most of these projects do not have a configure script.

contrib is not separate and does not have its own configure script.
It should rely on the top-level configure info.

            regards, tom lane