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

Christof Petig wrote:
> >>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.
>
> You should really consider using MSys (the development environment by
> one of the MinGW developers). It offers bash,perl,cvs,ssh,libtool,auto*
> and more in 3+9MB. I can't imagine porting anything from unix to Windows
> without that environment. It should even offer bison+flex.

I have Msys installed, but I don't see perl or cvs. Here is my /bin:

awk* egrep* infokey.exe* od.exe* start*
basename.exe* env.exe* install-info.exe* patch.exe* tail.exe*
bunzip2* ex* install.exe* printf* tar.exe*
bzip2.exe* expr.exe* less.exe* ps.exe* tee.exe*
cat.exe* false.exe* libW11.dll* pwd* texindex.exe*
chmod.exe* fgrep* ln.exe* rm.exe* touch.exe*
cmd* find.exe* lnkcnv* rmdir.exe* tr.exe*
cmp.exe* fold.exe* ls.exe* rvi* true.exe*
comm.exe* ftp* m4.exe* rview* uname.exe*
cp.exe* gawk.exe* make.exe* rvim* uniq.exe*
cut.exe* grep.exe* makeinfo.exe* rxvt.exe* vi*
date.exe* gunzip* md5sum.exe* sed.exe* view*
diff.exe* gzip.exe* mkdir.exe* sh.exe* vim.exe*
diff3.exe* head.exe* mount.exe* sleep.exe* wc.exe*
dirname.exe* id.exe* msys-1.0.dll* sort.exe*
echo* info.exe* mv.exe* split.exe*

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