Re: compiling source code!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 01:46:19AM -0700, sibel karaasma wrote:
> Hi I'm a new postgresql user. I wrote ACO (ant colony optimazition) and
> want to replace it with GEQO in postres/src/backend/optimizer but I don't know how
> to compile and run the source code :(
>
> I installed postgresql-8.1.3 and cygwin but I can not use them to
> compile the source code. I want to compare GEQO and ACO optimizers performance using a small database

mingw is now the approved build method for windows, and I think there's
instructions on how to build PostgreSQL with it somewhere, though I
can't seem to find them now. Though to be honest, you'd probably find it
easier doing development on any kind of a unix box, including OS X.
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