Re: Remove MSVC scripts from the tree

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: NINGWEI CHEN <chen@sraoss.co.jp>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, buildfarm@sraoss.co.jp
Date: 2023-12-06T17:24:37Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 06.12.23 17:27, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> But the VS2019 compiler implements enough of C99 to pass our meson test, 
> unlike VS2017. Maybe the test is too strict. After all, we know we can 
> in fact build with the earlier versions.

I just realized that the C99 test is actually our own, not provided by 
meson.  (See "c99_test" in meson.build.)

Can you try disabling a few bits of that to see what makes it pass for 
you?  I suspect it's the structfunc() call.




Commits

  1. Make win32tzlist.pl checkable again

  2. meson: Make gzip and tar optional

  3. meson: Make sed optional

  4. Remove MSVC scripts

  5. Replace Gen_dummy_probes.sed with Gen_dummy_probes.pl