Thread: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 8.0.3 and Ipv6

> >>Researching this some more, I see:
> >>
> >>/mingw/include/ws2tcpip.h:struct sockaddr_in6 {
> >>
> >>do we need to include this somewhere?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Probably.
> >Note that most of what's in that file is only supported on
> win2000 and
> >newer, IIRC. So I'm unsure wether we can include it
> unconditionally -
> >it has to be tested.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Ouch! Remind me again why we decided to support NT4?

Because people use it?
We don's supoprt it in the installer, but IIRC we've had a couple of
requests for it. So *somebody* uses it.

I haven't looked at things, but I assume client code is also affected in
some ways? If so, we also support 9x.


> Does anyone have an NT4 build enviroment that they can test
> patches on if I come up with a fix? I sure don't.

Build, no. Runtime, yes. I keep a couple of vmwares with NT4 around to
do this kind of testing on.

I'd be fine with requiring 2000+ to build as long as it can be *used* on
NT4...

//Magnus

Magnus Hagander wrote:

>>Does anyone have an NT4 build enviroment that they can test
>>patches on if I come up with a fix? I sure don't.
>>
>>
>
>Build, no. Runtime, yes. I keep a couple of vmwares with NT4 around to
>do this kind of testing on.
>
>I'd be fine with requiring 2000+ to build as long as it can be *used* on
>NT4...
>
>
>
>
If I manage to get anything built I will get you the binaries to test with.

Right now, having faked out the configure test for getaddrinfo, I am
snookered by a mingw bug that has gai_strerror defined to a non-existent
object (In the MS headers it is defined inline in ws2tcpip.h). See
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=1158095&group_id=2435

This has linking for postmaster failing with unresolved symbol errors.

What a mess. ;-(

cheers

andrew

>Build, no. Runtime, yes. I keep a couple of vmwares with NT4 around to
>do this kind of testing on.
>
>I'd be fine with requiring 2000+ to build as long as it can be *used* on
>NT4...
>
>
NT4 is dead. Let it die. It is very, very old and no longer supported
by Microsoft.

2000+ should be the minimum.

Just curious but would PostgreSQL compile on RedHat 6.2 and run?

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



>//Magnus
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