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+
+ 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)
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+
+
+
+ PostgreSQL Native Win32 Status Report
+
+
+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:
+
+
+