Andrew Dunstan wrote: > I said: > > Peter Eisentraut said: > >> Andrew Dunstan wrote: > >>> This patch for configure.in detects the link failures in MINGW that I > >>> and others have seen and warns the user they have to fix it up. > >> > >> I continue to object to these sort of patches if no one wants to > >> bother > >> to contact the mingw maintainers about this problem. Maybe they have > >> a better fix available? > >>
Basically, we document the bug workaround on the Win32 TODO list, and remove the item and the patch once we find a solution. > > I have already said I would follow it up. But the problem exists today > > and shouldn't be left until we get an answer. Maybe it will take a week > > or a month, or there will be no good answer at all. > > > > It appears that Dann Corbit has filed a MinGW bug on this, with accurate > problem description, but he received a less than stellar response. See > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php? > func=detail&aid=931263&group_id=2435&atid=102435 > > (Despite previous speculation, he did indicate that the problem is > intermittent, not constant). I think we satisfy the specifications mentioned by the person replying. Perhaps someone needs to follow up to state we are following the specifications. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
