Re: PostgreSQL CVS does not compile under Cygwin (was Re: Cygwin test ...)

Bruce,

On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 11:09:58PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Frankly, I have no idea what this stuff needs to get it to work. I will
> put this in the patch queue and please send over whatever else you think
> will help.
>
> [snip]
>
> > Unfortunately, to test my patch requires changing the following makefile:
> >
> > src/interfaces/libpq++/examples/Makefile
> >
> > and the #includes in all of the *.cc to build against the source tree
> > instead of the following hardcoded installation directory structure:
> >
> > /usr/local/pgsql
> >
> > I was able to manually build
> >
> > src/interfaces/libpq++/examples/testlibpq0.exe
> >
> > against my Cygwin libpq++ without errors. However, I have not tried to
> > actually test testlibpq0.exe.
> >
> > Is this sufficient?

I just tested testlibpq0.exe and it functioned as expected, so I am very
confident of my latest patch. Additionally, it should not affect any
platform (including Win32) except for Cygwin.

> > Or, do you want me to clean up libpq++/examples too?
> > (Or, is it silly to even ask? :,)) Let me know how you want to proceed and
> > I will submit a patch to pgsql-patches.

Sorry, but I'm going to punt on the above. libpq++/examples really,
really wants to build against an installation tree instead of a source
tree.

Jason