Tom Lane wrote: > > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't see a strong reason not > > to stick with good old configure; make; make install. You're already > > requiring various Unix-like tools, so you might as well require the full > > shell environment. > > Indeed. I think the goal here is to have a port that *runs* in native > Windows; but I see no reason not to require Cygwin for *building* it.
Agreed. We focused on porting the programs. The goal was to have PostgreSQL running native on Win32 for a user. Having a nice and easy maintainable cross platform config, build and test environment for the developers is definitely something that still needs to be done (hint, hint). Jan -- #======================================================================# # It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. # # Let's break this rule - forgive me. # #================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] # ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
