Re: system mingw not recognized

I posted the error in the docs to pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org

If it's possible to update it myself via git, or if it should be
reported elsewhere -- please advise.

On 1/18/2016 12:59 PM, Igal @ Lucee.org wrote:
> It looks like the docs are indeed wrong.
>
> According to http://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/wiki2/TypeTriplets/ it
> should be x86_64-w64-mingw32
>
> So in summary, the docs at
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-MINGW
> should be updated from:
>
> --host=x86_64-w64-mingw
>
> to:
>
> --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
>
> Not sure where to report that?
>
>
> On 1/18/2016 12:52 PM, Igal @ Lucee.org wrote:
>> Per the docs at
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-MINGW
>>
>> "To build 64 bit binaries using MinGW ... and run configure with the
>> --host=x86_64-w64-mingw option"
>>
>> But when I try to run: $ ~/sources/postgresql-9.5.0/configure
>> --host=x86_64-w64-mingw
>>
>> I get an error system mingw not recognized:
>>
>> checking build system type... x86_64-pc-mingw64
>> checking host system type... Invalid configuration
>> `x86_64-w64-mingw': *system `mingw' not recognized*
>> configure: error: /bin/sh
>> /home/Admin/sources/postgresql-9.5.0/config/config.sub
>> x86_64-w64-mingw failed
>>
>> The sources were downloaded from
>> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v9.5.0/
>>
>> Are the docs up to date?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>>
>> Igal Sapir
>> Lucee Core Developer
>> Lucee.org <http://lucee.org/>
>>
>