Re: Building PostgreSQL from Source using MinGW

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Lee, Patricia S(dot)" <Patricia(dot)Lee(at)unisys(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Building PostgreSQL from Source using MinGW
Date: 2005-09-07 18:00:09
Message-ID: 28652.1126116009@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Lee, Patricia S." <Patricia(dot)Lee(at)unisys(dot)com> writes:
> I'm trying to build postgreSQL 8.0.3 from source using MinGW

The people who know how to do that probably don't hang out in
pgsql-novice ;-). Try asking for help in pgsql-hackers-win32.

However, your immediate problem is simply failure to read configure's
error message:

> configure: error: zlib library not found
> If you have zlib already installed, see config.log for details on the
> failure. It is possible the compiler isn't looking in the proper
> directory.
> Use --without-zlib to disable zlib support.

regards, tom lane

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