On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 18:15, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > The following patch allows me to build the 8.3 and 8.4 branches using Visual > Studio 2008, once the build system is patched. But I don't really know why. > HEAD and 9.0 build fine without it. But those branches branches fail with a > complaint about IPPROTO_IPV6 being undefined. > > The patch seems harmless enough. But I'd like to know why it's happening. > Does anyone have a clue?
Umm. Since when do we backpatch new features/platforms? I don't know exactly why that is happening, but it's a good indicator that backpatching it isn't necessarily safe - what else can be missed? -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
