On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 14:51, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > > On 04/12/2011 08:23 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 22:16, Peter Eisentraut<pete...@gmx.net> wrote: >>> >>> On tor, 2011-04-07 at 16:20 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: >>>> >>>> It sure would be nice if someone would write a doc patch, or at least >>>> a wiki page, explaining all the permutations here... I get the >>>> impression it's not that hard to set up if you are reasonable >>>> comfortable working in a Windows environment, but it's pretty >>>> intimidating if you aren't. >>> >>> Here's a patch I came up with that matches my experience, but evidently >>> there could be many others. >> >> Have we shown for sure that you can't build it with the compiler >> that's in the SDK? If not, I still think that should be our primary >> option - I certainly don't see how it's obsolete. (and you can, >> afaics, still get the platform sdk with the correct version of the >> compiler (non-vs2010), but I haven't tested it) >> >> Or did I miss something in this thread? >> > > > I haven't actually tried using the SDK alone. I'll try testing that on a > cloud appliance when I get a chance, as I'm out of Windows boxes I can
Yeah, I'm in the same situation on that, which is why I haven't tested anythning (yet) myself. > reasonable perturb. I do know you *need* the SDK for 64 bit builds with VSE > 2008, as it doesn't include a 64 bit compiler. That alone seems reason enough to recommend the SDK build method over VSE, so we don't have to recommend different methods depending. -- 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
