Re: [HACKERS] Request for supported platforms

From: Jason Tishler <jason(at)tishler(dot)net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Pgsql-Cygwin <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Request for supported platforms
Date: 2002-10-30 19:04:08
Message-ID: 20021030190408.GF284@tishler.net
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Peter,

On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 07:36:40PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Dave Page writes:
> > Hackers: As the Cygwin release that is actively supported is the
> > binary distribution that Jason builds, I would think this is OK to
> > be listed as supported if no-one disagrees...
>
> I disagree. We document as supported those platforms that build out
> of the box, not those that build somehow, somewhere, by someone.
>
> Rather than advocating methods to manually edit your system headers we
> should try to find out what the problem really is, such as by
> analyzing config.log.

Did you miss the following?

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-10/msg01303.php

As you can see, I have already performed root cause analysis of theses
problems *and* have taken the proper steps to ensure that PostgreSQL
builds OOTB under Cygwin (after the next Cygwin release).

Jason

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