Re: BUG #3909: src\tools\msvc\clean.bat clears parse.h file

Yes.

//Magnus

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 11:08:15AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> Has this been addressed?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Pavel Golub wrote:
> >
> > The following bug has been logged online:
> >
> > Bug reference: 3909
> > Logged by: Pavel Golub
> > Email address: pavel(at)gf(dot)microolap(dot)com
> > PostgreSQL version: 8.3RC2
> > Operating system: WinXP
> > Description: src\tools\msvc\clean.bat clears parse.h file
> > Details:
> >
> > Executing clean.bat from src\tools\msvc clears src\backend\parser\parse.h
> >
> > However, in help stated:
> >
> > "Bison and Flex are required to build from CVS, but not required when
> > building from a release file."
> >
> > Also in src\backend\parser\Makefile we have comments:
> >
> > "# gram.c, parse.h, and scan.c are in the distribution tarball, so they
> > # are not cleaned here."
> >
> > Because of this bug there is no opportunity to build PostgreSQL by Visual
> > Studio without using Bison.
> >
> > So, may be as a workaround we may use such scheme:
> > 1. We have "src\backend\parser\parse.h.release" (or whatever postfix) file
> > 2. GenerateFiles() in Solution.pm must check if Bison is available. If so
> > then generate parse.h by Bison, else copy parse.h.release as parse.h
> > 3. When clean will be called parse.h will be deleted, but not
> > parse.h.release
> >
> > Regards
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