| From: | Bill Smith <bill(dot)smith(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Mark Hill <Mark(dot)Hill(at)sas(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: msvc directory missing in PostgreSQL 17.0 |
| Date: | 2024-10-18 20:11:02 |
| Message-ID: | 1A2E53DD-7159-4547-852F-45F2E0CE1D9F@enterprisedb.com |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
> On Oct 18, 2024, at 4:05 PM, Mark Hill <Mark(dot)Hill(at)sas(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I just downloaded the Postgresql 17.0 and the extracted directory postgresql-17.0/src/tools does not contain
> the “msvc” directory as it has since I’ve been building Postgres 12, 14, and 16. How am I supposed to build
> PostgreSQL for Windows now? I’m not sure what msvc_gendef.pl does. How do we build Postgres for Windows
> using Visual Studio?
>
You’ll want to use meson to build PG. See the docs here:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-VISUAL-STUDIO
17.7. Platform-Specific Notes
postgresql.org
> Thanks, Mark
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Tom Lane | 2024-10-18 20:23:43 | Re: [PATCH] Add some documentation on how to call internal functions |
| Previous Message | Mark Hill | 2024-10-18 20:05:42 | msvc directory missing in PostgreSQL 17.0 |