Re: BUG #5981: Attempt to install language pltcl fails on 64-bit installation

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Chris Price <cjprice(at)bigpond(dot)net(dot)au> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      5981
> Logged by:          Chris Price
> Email address:      cjprice(at)bigpond(dot)net(dot)au
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
> Operating system:   Winders Server 2008 R2 Standard
> Description:        Attempt to install language pltcl fails on 64-bit
> installation
> Details:
>
> When I try to install the pltcl language on 64-bit Windows version of
> PostreSQL (9.0.3) it fails with the following message:
> ERROR: could not access file "$libdir/pltcl": No such file or directory
> SQL state: 58P01
>
> ActiveTcl is installed.
> It works on a 32-bit installation of PostgreSQL.
>
> I notice that the file pltcl.dll is not installed in the $libdir folder on
> the 64-bit installation - is there a reason for this? Is the pltcl language
> available on 64-bit installations on Windows?

If memory serves, there was no win64 TCL distro available when we put
together the installers for 9.0, so it was left out. There are now of
course, so I'll see about adding support for that for 9.1.

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