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

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@siriusit.co.uk>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, NISHIYAMA Tomoaki <tomoakin@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Date: 2011-12-12T15:00:37Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Remove troublesome Asserts in cost_mergejoin().

  2. Enable building with the Mingw64 compiler.


On 12/12/2011 06:43 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>>> configuration, it seems to me that it would be fine to commit a patch
>>> that made everything work, but for the compiler bug. We could refrain
>>> from stating that we officially support that configuration until the
>>> compiler bug is fixed, or even document the existence of the bug. We
>>> can't be responsible for other people's broken code, but I don't
>>> necessarily see that as a reason not to commit a prerequisite patch.
>>> Otherwise, as you say, there's a chicken-and-egg problem, and who does
>>> that help?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, fair enough. I'll work on that.
> If we're talking about adding support for a previously-unsupported
>
> Definitely do this (and then file a bug report with the project). I've 
> worked with both Kai and NightStrike from the MingW-W64 project to fix 
> previous bugs, and as long as they can build the offending source 
> themselves then they are very helpful and quick to respond.
>
>
>

Done and done (see 
<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3458244&group_id=202880&atid=983354>).

cheers

andrew