From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: pg_config MSVC makefile |
Date: | 2005-01-07 15:13:34 |
Message-ID: | 200501071513.j07FDY908898@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Dave Page wrote:
> > > Attached is a makefile I hacked up to build pg_config under
> > MSVC - the
> > > reason is that it's required (more or less) in order to
> > build the latest
> > > DBD::Pg code and I was testing that out under MSVC.
>
> Err, I missed this earlier - we had discussed getting rid of all the
> VC++ & Borland makefiles for 8.1. With Mingw now working they are a
> little redundant now, and Bruce & I (and probably others) had to jump
> through hoops to keep them working this release. Admittedley that pain
> will probably be less in the future, but still, they are a pita to
> maintain (especially Borland as no-one seems to have the compiler
> anyway!)
I am not in favor of removing those makefiles in 8.1 unless they become
more of a pain. If people are submitting patches it means they are
using them so they should be kept.
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