Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Sigh ...

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>> Well, maybe the right answer is to take a step back and figure out what
>>> pg_config.h.win32's excuse for living is at all.
>>>
>
>
>> Oops, the file is only used by MSVC/BCC, not by MinGW. Sorry for the
>> mistake about that.
>>
>
> Well, I'm still wondering why it is an input for MSVC. If we have a
> configure substitute for MSVC, why isn't it working off pg_config.h.in?
>
> The original idea of pg_config.h.win32 was to support the pre-8.0
> method for building native libpq.dll. I'd like to see us obsolete that
> method altogether and get rid of pg_config.h.win32.
>

That makes sense - I'll look at that after I have cleaned up the current
stuff.

>
>> However, all the values are hardcoded, so nothing in it should relate to
>> settings that come from configure, I believe. These should be dealt with
>> in src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm (mostly in GenerateFiles() ).
>>
>
> FYI, I'm about to commit changes moving XLOG_BLCKSZ and XLOG_SEG_SIZE
> into the domain of configurable stuff, too.
>
>
>

So I gathered. I'll pick those up as part of the fixes I'm currently coding.

cheers

andrew