Re: BUG #10436: Can't compile 9.4 with this mingw64-w32 gcc 4.8.1, 4.8.2, 4.8.3

Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 2014-05-25 13:42:48 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Hm. It would be pretty disappointing to have to do that, because it would
>> be admitting complete defeat in trying to get the various Windows build
>> toolchains to have consistent link behavior. We put enough sweat into
>> that goal last winter that I don't really want to just walk away.

> Yea. And it did catch a couple of bugs...

> How about removing it for 9.4 only once that has branched? That'd make
> less users be affected while we hope for mingw to fix that?

I fear that'd just mean we deal with it again next year :-(.

It occurs to me that we could make configure probe for whether
--disable-auto-import breaks simple test programs on Mingw. That would
catch this particular manifestation with _set_invalid_parameter_handle,
although there would still be opportunities to fail later perhaps.
Not sure if it's worth the trouble.

regards, tom lane