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1. how to make libpq on winnt using the 'win32.mak's

   Rini Dutta <rinid@rocketmail.com> — 2000-02-10T14:16:50Z

     
   Hi
     
   I'm running postgres v6.5.3. I need to make calls to
   the functions in libpq in my code. For this I need the
   files - libpq.lib/libpq.lib.dll/libpqdll.lib.
   
   When I run 'nmake /f win32.mak' in the src directory,
   it is unable to open/find config.h . If I use the
   config.h generated as a result of 'configure' on
   cygwin, it complains about other .h files not being
   found. (I do not know if there is a way to do the
   equivalent on the DOS Shell/Command Prompt )
   
   Could anyone let me know how to build libpq to get
   libpq.dll/libpq.lib/libpqdll.lib ? If somebody already
   has a version of the same for postgres v6.5.3, even
   that would be helpful.
   
   Thanks,
   Rini
   
   ps : The administrators guide has a chapter on this
   which I followed. (But it mentions Postgres v6.4
   ?!)
   Here is an extract :
      
   >  Chapter 20. Installation on Win32
   >  
   >  Table of Contents
   >  Building the libraries
   >  Installing the libraries
   >  Using the libraries
   >  
            Build and installation instructions for
   >  Postgres v6.4 client libraries on Win32.
   >  
   >  Building the libraries
   >  
   >  The makefiles included in Postgres are written
   for
   >  Microsoft Visual C++, and will probably not work
   >  with
   >  other systems. It should be
   >  possible to compile the libaries manually in
   other
   >  cases.
   >  
   >  To build the libraries, change directory into the
   >  src
   >  directory, and type the command 
   >  
   >  nmake /f win32.mak
   >  
   >  This assumes that you have Visual C++ in your
   path.
   >  
   >  The following files will be built: 
   >  
   >         interfaces\libpq\Release\libpq.dll - The
   >  dynamically linkable frontend library
   >  
   >         interfaces\libpq\Release\libpqdll.lib -
   >  Import
   >  library to link your program to libpq.dll
   >  
   >         interfaces\libpq\Release\libpq.lib -
   Static
   >  library version of the frontend library
   >  
   >         bin\psql\Release\psql.exe - The Postgresql
   >  interactive SQL monitor
   >  
   
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2. Re: [HACKERS] how to make libpq on winnt using the 'win32.mak's

   Jan Wieck <wieck@debis.com> — 2000-02-10T14:24:29Z

   >
   > Hi
   >
   > I'm running postgres v6.5.3. I need to make calls to
   > the functions in libpq in my code. For this I need the
   > files - libpq.lib/libpq.lib.dll/libpqdll.lib.
   
       You find prepared .dll's under
   
           src/bin/pgaccess/win32/dll
   
       Wasn't there some utility to generate .lib files from .dll's?
   
   
   Jan
   
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