Re: allow running parts of src/tools/msvc/ under not Windows

On 2020-02-21 05:00, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 09:31:32AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>>> The main benefit is that if you make "blind" edits in the Perl files,
>>> you can verify them easily, first by seeing that the Perl code runs,
>>> second, depending on the circumstances, by diffing the created project
>>> files. Another is that if you do some nontrivial surgery in makefiles,
>>> you can check whether the Perl code can still process them. So the
>>> benefit is mainly that you can iterate faster when working on build
>>> system related things. You still need to do a full test on Windows at
>>> the conclusion, but then hopefully with a better chance of success.
>>
>> I see. No objection then.
>
> None from here either, and the patch is working correctly.

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