Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe

From: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe
Date: 2006-05-31 20:08:28
Message-ID: 423C37C7-99DF-4700-9D86-25C777E0C4EA@blighty.com
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On May 31, 2006, at 12:58 PM, Dave Page wrote:

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> On 31/5/06 19:13, "Andreas Pflug" <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> wrote:
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>> I wonder if we'd be able to ship gzip with the windows installer, to
>> insure proper integration.
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> 'Fraid not. It's GPL'd.

Well, one implementation of it is. zlib is new-bsd-ish, though, and
includes
minigzip, which should be just fine for use in a pipe on windows.

(Not that that's an argument one way or the other as to whether this
is something we should do).

Cheers,
Steve

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