Re: install libpq.dll in bin directory on Windows / Cygwin

From: "MauMau" <maumau307(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: install libpq.dll in bin directory on Windows / Cygwin
Date: 2013-07-30 22:33:59
Message-ID: 8B2DFB550F344AF280223EB09C26C3E1@maumau
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From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
> I don't have a problem adding them to the bin directory. I'd be very
> slightly wary of removing them from the lib directory, for legacy reasons.
> Maybe these changes should be done for git tip and not backported (or
> maybe just to 9.3). Or we could just decide to clean this mess in one fell
> swoop.

I think just adding them to the bin is enough for convenience. I don't
think backporting to 9.2 and before is necessary, if we consider this change
as an improvement. I'd appreciate it if you could do that for 9.3 and
later.

From: "Andres Freund" <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
> On 2013-07-28 15:37:49 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> >BTW, why is libpq.dll in lib necessary? For the above files? If so, we
>> >can remove libpq.dll from lib. Or, libpqwalreceiver.dll needs it?
>>
>> Not sure. Perhaps you could experiment and see if anything bad happens if
>> libpq is just installed in the bin directory and not in lib.
>
> Yes, it does need it.

Just out of curiosity, what needs libpq.dll in lib?

Regards
MauMau

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