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Re: Problematic dependency in plpython Makefile [Windows]

Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>

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From: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
To: Craig Ringer <craig@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2013-01-03T04:08:00Z
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On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 11:52:58AM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 01/03/2013 11:13 AM, Noah Misch wrote:
> > On Windows, src/pl/plpython/Makefile has a rule whose target line expands to
> > something like "python33.def: C:/Windows/system32/python33.dll".  When doing a
> > MinGW build with Cygwin's make-3.81, that line elicits an error:
> Shouldn't you generally be using msys make from mingw?
> 
> I'm a bit puzzled as to why you'd be using cygwin make.

I don't normally use MSYS at all.  I wouldn't furnish widespread Makefile
changes to avoid doing so, but this is the only change I have needed.