Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 8.0.3 and Ipv6

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-win32-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf
> Of Merlin Moncure
> Sent: 19 August 2005 19:03
> To: Joshua D. Drake
> Cc: pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] [PATCHES] PostgreSQL 8.0.3 and Ipv6
>
> Joshua wrote:
> > NT4 is dead. Let it die. It is very, very old and no longer
> supported
> > by Microsoft.
> >
> > 2000+ should be the minimum.
> >
> > Just curious but would PostgreSQL compile on RedHat 6.2 and run?
> >
> Windows NT 4.0 was released in Jul of 1996. The official
> release of red
> had linux at that time was 3.04 with the upcoming 4.0 in beta.
>
> Just to put things into perspective :).
>
> (I agree with you, let it die!)

+1

FWIW, pgInstaller won't run fully on NT because we can't initdb as a
different user (the APIs simply aren't there in <2K).

/D