Re: stat() vs cygwin

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: stat() vs cygwin
Date: 2008-06-24 08:47:00
Message-ID: 937d27e10806240147v7e0c9f4fje8ca0a29b3a12646@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> Yes.
>
> As in the cygwin build does build. Nobody really has verified if the fix
> is needed there. But frankly, if you are likely to care about the
> effects of this issue, you won't be running cygwin anyway. It's mostly a
> dead platform for postgresql anyway, AFAICS we only keep it building for
> legacy compatibility. Once it starts taking lots of resources to keep
> building (which it doesn't now), I think we should just drop it instead...

FWIW, the most recent packages from Cygwin themselves are 8.2.5.

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Dave Page
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