Re: Building PostgreSQL 8.1.3 on Windows with MinGW

Hi,
I downloaded msys (version 1.0.1), didn't for msysdtk (don't even know
what it is!). I did the same as you for mingw (installer and current set).
The contents of installed.ini in the mingw directory is the following:
%%%%%
[settings]
mirror=http://ovh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge
installtype=current

[components]
runtime=mingw-runtime-3.9.tar.gz
w32api=w32api-3.6.tar.gz
binutils=binutils-2.15.91-20040904-1.tar.gz
core=gcc-core-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz
gpp=gcc-g++-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz
g77=
ada=
java=
objc=
make=mingw32-make-3.80.0-3.tar.gz
%%%%%

Your problem may come from using mingw-make as you wrote below. I remember
that right after the msys install, there's a check or configure script
that says something meaning "it's great that you don't have $$$make".
Which make was it referring to, I don't remember. Check that.
Here is my PATH under msys
.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/program
files/miktek/texmf/miktex/bin:/c/WINNT/system32:/c/WINNT:/c/WINNT/System32/Wbem::/c/Program
Files/Fichiers communs/Adaptec Shared/System:/c/Program
Files/QuickTime/QTSystem/:/c/PROGRA~1/XRay:/c/Langages/BC5/BIN:.:/c/Program
Files/multiDesk/shortcuts:/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/usr/local/pgsql/lib

Note that I did the same installation (for mingw and msys) and compilation
procedures on two systems: my laptop w/ WinXP SP2 and my office desktop
machine w/ Win2K Professional. They ran perfectly on both machines.

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:10:14 +0200, Simon Dale <sdale(at)rm(dot)com> wrote:

> i followed the instructions on the mingw web site.
> install mingw (i used the proposed installer and selected to use the
> current set of files)
> install msys (version 1.0.1)
> install msysdtk (version 1.0.1)
> i installed these to c:\mingw and c:\msys\1.0 (the default locations)
> and added the bin subfolder to my path variable (msys first then mingw).
> then i opened cmd and changed directory to the postgres-8.1.3 folder and
> did the following:
> sh configure --without-zlib
> mingw32-make
> the mingw32-make causes the error. the same happens if i try to use make
> from the msys directory
> i've made sure that all the files on the command line exist and that
> awk, gawk, sed and egrep all exist too as these look like the tools
> being used and they all seem fine.
> could you tell me the versions of everything you are using please, and
> also the order they appear in your path.
> many thanks,
> simon
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: VOGLOZIN W. Amenel [mailto:amenel(dot)voglozin(at)univ-nantes(dot)fr]
> Sent: Mon 27/03/06 08:43
> To: Simon Dale; pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [PORTS] Building PostgreSQL 8.1.3 on Windows with MinGW
>
>
>
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:11:24 +0100, Simon Dale <sdale(at)rm(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I'm trying to build PostgreSQL on Windows XP SP2 with MinGW but keep
>> getting the same error in this post:
>>
>>
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-ports/2005-06/msg00031.php
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if there ever was an answer about how to build
>> PostgreSQL on Windows?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Simon
>> Visit our Website at http://www.rm.com
>
> It may sound silly, but did you try an uninstall & reinstall of MingW and
> Msys ? I had no problem building the source on my laptop, also running
> WinXP SP2. So I think you shouldn't have any problem.
> Make sure you install the software in the proper order.
>