Re: Compiling libpq with VC6

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> >> One thing that hasn't been real clear to me is why this only affects
> >> fe-lobj.c, when we have many other files that include <io.h> after
> >> including postgres.h.
>
> > Quite simple: mingw includes do *not* conflict.
> > Only a minority of tools is object to VC6 compilation, ultimately only
> > libpq is needed.
>
> Hm. Given that we now support a native Windows port, do we care about
> building libpq with VC6 anymore? Why wouldn't you just use the library
> as built with mingw?
>
> If we were moving in the direction of making the whole project buildable
> with VC6, that would be one thing; but as far as I know that is
> explicitly not part of the plan. So why should we continue to support a
> partially-baked port when we have a full port?

VC seems broken only in the very minor way of io.h. I don't know of any
other issues. Doesn't seem like enough of a reason to abandon the build
environment.

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