Re: APR 1.0 released

Tom Lane wrote:

>Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
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>>Bottom line - this is something of a mess. If we can make sure Cygwin
>>isn't broken, we can probably live with what have for now. Personally, I
>>would have configure work out something cleaner, like, say, defining
>>WINDOWS_ALL for both Windows native and Cygwin. Then we could use that
>>for cases meant to cover both, and __CYGWIN__ and __MINGW32__ for the
>>specific cases, without worrying what the compiler and/or the system
>>header files might have defined for us.
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>I agree that this is a good idea, partly because I do not care for the
>assumption that MINGW is the only compilation environment we'll ever
>support for the Windows-native port.
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>I'm not in a position to work out or test the required changes, but I'll
>be happy to apply a patch if you do the legwork ...
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Too big a task for my current time budget :-( - currently my work does
not involve any PostgreSQL component, and I am flat out delivering what
I am paid for.

Unless someone else steps up to the plate it will have to go on the TODO
list.

cheers

andrew