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Re: Win32 port patches submitted

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>, Postgres development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-01-21T17:51:08Z
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> I don't see a strong reason not
> to stick with good old configure; make; make install.  You're already
> requiring various Unix-like tools, so you might as well require the full
> shell environment.

Indeed.  I think the goal here is to have a port that *runs* in native
Windows; but I see no reason not to require Cygwin for *building* it.

			regards, tom lane