Re: Win Nt setup help please

There is no native port of PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL uses UNIX system
calls, so Cygwin is required to translate these to Windows system
calls no matter what you used to compile the program with.

On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 16:03:34 +0000 (UTC), matt(at)ctlno(dot)com (Matthew)
wrote:

>Pardon my ignorance on this topic, but if you compile using MS VC++ do you
>need cygwin at all? Does this allow you to run postgre without cygwin
>installed?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brent R. Matzelle [SMTP:bmatzelle(at)yahoo(dot)com]
>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 1:08 PM
>> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Win Nt setup help please
>>
>> --- "Brian C. Doyle" <bcdoyle(at)mindspring(dot)com> wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I am having problems with the setup of postgres on NT. I do
>> > have MSVisual
>> > C++ I have done:
>> >
>> > copy include\config.h.win32 include\config.h
>>
>> You don't need to do this with the Postgresql 7.0.3 sources
>> because the makefile does it for you.
>>
>> > nmake /f win32.mak
>> > And I get
>> > NMake : fatal error u1077: 'cd' : return code '0x1'
>> > Stop
>> >
>> > I am using Version 1.62.7022 of NMake
>> > and postgresql 7.0.2
>>
>> I built them successfully with VC++ on Visual Studio 6.0 service
>> pack 5 and Postgresql 7.0.3. I would suggest you get 7.0.3 or
>> newer and if that doesn't work then apply the service packs.
>>
>> Brent
>>
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