Re: pgsql-server/src backend/bootstrap/Tag: backen ...

Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > Hmm, another problem is that I don't think there is a flex port for
> > MinGW --- at least I remember someone saying they found bison, but not
> > flex, so if they grab the snapshot, they will not be able to use CVS to
> > do development and diffs.
>
> Actually, if I recall that same thread, one person mentioned downloading a
> MinGW bison port, and then could build flex no problem using that ...
>
> Basically, I agree with Tom ... if we are going to go the extra steps to
> support Win32, at least the Win32 ppl can do is take the extra steps to
> build using the same 'restrictions' as the Unix ppl go through ...

Well, the files are in there now --- I might as well just leave them so
they don't have to go through that. This MinGW environment is much more
limited than a Unix environment --- no bison, flex, cvs, or perl.

Once people are invested in the port, I think they will install those
tools, but I like to make the getting-started easier.

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