| From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: back branches vs. VS 2008 |
| Date: | 2011-01-03 17:43:08 |
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On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 18:15, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
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> The following patch allows me to build the 8.3 and 8.4 branches using Visual
> Studio 2008, once the build system is patched. But I don't really know why.
> HEAD and 9.0 build fine without it. But those branches branches fail with a
> complaint about IPPROTO_IPV6 being undefined.
>
> The patch seems harmless enough. But I'd like to know why it's happening.
> Does anyone have a clue?
Umm. Since when do we backpatch new features/platforms?
I don't know exactly why that is happening, but it's a good indicator
that backpatching it isn't necessarily safe - what else can be missed?
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Magnus Hagander
Me: http://www.hagander.net/
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