Windows is not necessarily 32-bit, any more.
As suggested by Mike Toews.
<!entity diskusage SYSTEM "diskusage.sgml">
<!entity high-availability SYSTEM "high-availability.sgml">
<!entity installation SYSTEM "installation.sgml">
-<!entity installw SYSTEM "install-win32.sgml">
+<!entity installw SYSTEM "install-windows.sgml">
<!entity maintenance SYSTEM "maintenance.sgml">
<!entity manage-ag SYSTEM "manage-ag.sgml">
<!entity monitoring SYSTEM "monitoring.sgml">
-<!-- doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml -->
+<!-- doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml -->
-<chapter id="install-win32">
+<chapter id="install-windows">
<title>Installation from Source Code on <productname>Windows</productname></title>
<indexterm>
binaries are built using <productname>Visual Studio</productname>.
</para>
- <sect1 id="install-win32-full">
+ <sect1 id="install-windows-full">
<title>Building with <productname>Visual C++</productname> or the
<productname>Platform SDK</productname></title>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="install-win32-libpq">
+ <sect1 id="install-windows-libpq">
<title>Building <application>libpq</application> with
<productname>Visual C++</productname> or
<productname>Borland C++</productname></title>
<para>
PostgreSQL can be built using Cygwin, a Linux-like environment for
Windows, but that method is inferior to the native Windows build
- <![%standalone-ignore[(see <xref linkend="install-win32">)]]> and
+ <![%standalone-ignore[(see <xref linkend="install-windows">)]]> and
is no longer recommended.
</para>
The MinGW build variant uses the normal build system described in
this chapter; the Visual C++ build works completely differently
and is described in <![%standalone-include[the
- documentation]]><![%standalone-ignore[<xref linkend="install-win32">]]>.
+ documentation]]><![%standalone-ignore[<xref linkend="install-windows">]]>.
It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like
MinGW. A ready-made installer is available on the main
PostgreSQL web site.
<listitem>
<para>
- Full support for <link linkend="install-win32">64-bit
+ Full support for <link linkend="install-windows">64-bit
<productname>Windows</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Support compiling on <link
- linkend="install-win32">64-bit
+ linkend="install-windows">64-bit
<productname>Windows</></link> and running in 64-bit
mode (Tsutomu Yamada, Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<listitem>
<para>
Support server builds using <link
- linkend="install-win32-full"><productname>Visual Studio
+ linkend="install-windows-full"><productname>Visual Studio
2008</></link> (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>