From e95130e882962b5381512bb628f44462c952fdbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:52:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add MinGW FAQ. --- doc/FAQ_MINGW | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 147 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/FAQ_MINGW create mode 100644 doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html diff --git a/doc/FAQ_MINGW b/doc/FAQ_MINGW new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c08efe02a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/FAQ_MINGW @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ + + PostgreSQL Native Win32 FAQ Using MinGW + + Last updated: Fri Oct 8 12:47:37 EDT 2004 + + Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) + + The most recent version of this document can be viewed at + http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html. + + The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools. There + is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you + can download from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. It is a + fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW. + +Tools for Building Binaries + + The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft operating + system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4 + doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction + points needed for symlinks.) Earlier operating systems do not have + sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires MinGW and + Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/. MinGW is a + Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems. Msys is a + collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like + configure. Neither is required to run the resulting binaries; they + are needed only for creating the binaries. We have no intention of + supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different + from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too + burdensome. + +Steps For Building Binaries + + * Download the nightly snapshot tarball from + ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/dev or checkout via CVS (you will + need bison, flex, and perl installed to build from CVS) + * Run configure (you might need to add the --without-zlib argument, + depending on whether you have installed zlib on MinGW) + * Run make install + + Note: it is suggested that you run psql under CMD.EXE., as the Msys + console has buffering issues. + If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff + and send it to the mailing list. + +Access + + The mailing list for discussion is pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org. + You can subscribe by sending an email body containing the word + subscribe to pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org. + +Resources + + There are several resources that helped us complete this port: + * PeerDirect port of PostgreSQL 7.2 to Win32 + (ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/PeerDirect) + * CONNX Win32 signal + code(ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/CONNX) + * SRA port of PostgreSQL to Win32 (unfortunately, this is not + publically available because the threaded portion is proprietary) + * CHM help files + (http://www.pgadmin.org/snapshots/help/en_US/pgadmin3.chm) diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d38b7fafb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ + + + + + PostgreSQL Native Win32 Status Report + + +

PostgreSQL Native Win32 FAQ Using MinGW
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Last updated: Fri Oct 8 12:47:37 EDT 2004

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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
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The most recent version of this document can be viewed at +http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html.

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The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.  +There is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you can download +from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.  +It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
+

+

Tools for Building Binaries
+

+

The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft +operating +system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4 +doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction +points needed for symlinks.)  Earlier +operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the +port also +requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/. MinGW is +a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems. +Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like configure.  +Neither is required to run the resulting binaries;  they are +needed only for creating the binaries.  We have no intention +of supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different +from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too +burdensome.
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+

Steps For Building Binaries
+

+ +Note:  it is suggested that you run psql under CMD.EXE., +as the Msys console has buffering issues.
+
+If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff +and send +it to the mailing list.
+

Access

+The mailing list for discussion is +pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org. You can subscribe by sending +an email body containing the word subscribe to pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org.
+ +

Resources

+There are several resources that helped us complete this port:
+ + + -- 2.11.0