AW: Compile static postgres.lib for postgres 15.3 on Windows

Thanks Tom!

I also need to change the default port from 5433 to 5432 (--with-pgport=5433). How can I do this using the build.bat toolchain? I don't see the pgport parameter in the config_default.pl file.

Best,

Stefan

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Von: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Juli 2023 14:48
An: Priess Stefan <stefan(dot)priess(at)nexus-chili(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Betreff: Re: Compile static postgres.lib for postgres 15.3 on Windows

Priess Stefan <stefan(dot)priess(at)nexus-chili(dot)com> writes:
> up to version 9.6.22 there was a win32.mak file in the src/interfaces/libpw folder which could be used to compile a static postgres.lib using nmake. Since Postgres 10 this file has been removed.

Yup. It didn't really work right and there was insufficient interest in maintaining it.

> Is it still possilbe to build a static postgres.lib for windows ? And if so, how do I do it.

Run the normal build process using MSVC, and then just take libpq.lib from the results. On any modern machine that's just going to take a few minutes, so it's not worth maintaining a separate libpq-only build path.

regards, tom lane