Re: [PATCH] PostgreSQL fails to build with 32bit MinGW-w64

Lars Kanis <kanis@comcard.de>

From: Lars Kanis <kanis@comcard.de>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, NISHIYAMA Tomoaki <tomoakin@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp>
Date: 2011-12-12T15:30:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Remove troublesome Asserts in cost_mergejoin().

  2. Enable building with the Mingw64 compiler.

Am Montag, 12. Dezember 2011, 10:19:46 schrieb Andrew Dunstan:
> 
> On 12/12/2011 09:54 AM, Lars Kanis wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 9. Dezember 2011, 15:31:17 schrieb Andrew Dunstan:
> >> Yeah, fair enough. I'll work on that.
> > Many thanks for reviewing, tweaking and commiting the patch!
> > One thing I wonder about, is this snippet. Is the define really needed now?
> >
> >   * The Mingw64 headers choke if this is already defined - they
> >   * define it themselves.
> >   */
> > #if !defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) || defined(WIN32_ONLY_COMPILER)
> > #define _WINSOCKAPI_
> > #endif
> > #include<winsock2.h>
> >
> >
> >
> 
> As previously discussed, unless you can prove it's not needed I don't 
> want to remove it, on the ""if it ain't broke don't fix it" principle. I 
> believe it is needed for at least some older compilers (specifically 
> some of those used by buildfarm animals narwhal, frogmouth, mastodon, 
> hamerkop and currawong), and it doesn't appear to be hurting anything. 
> As you can see above it's been disabled for all Mingw-w64 compilers.

Ok. Thanks for clarification.

Kind regards,
Lars