Re: BUG #1319: Windows LIB file libecpg.lib not in build or package

Dave Page wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us]
> > Sent: 01 December 2004 17:39
> > To: Dave Page
> > Cc: Magnus Hagander; Tom O'Connell; pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #1319: Windows LIB file libecpg.lib
> > not in build or package
> >
> > > We do this for libpq.dll. I don't see why we cannot do
> > libecpg as well.
> >
> > Oh, ecpg is a library and a binary but it seems it might
> > work. Added to
> > TODO:
> >
> > * Allow ecpg to work with MSVC and BCC
>
> The .exe should be OK with VC++ at least - even in the GUI you can
> create custom build steps easily enough. There is no reason why an
> import lib cannot be created - in fact, I'll do so in a minute and add
> it to pginstaller.
>
> Of course, it would be nice to generate these libs as part of the main
> build process, but I don't believe that is possible without VC++, so
> it'll probably have to remain an installer extra.

Uh, why can we build psql and libpq fine? Can't we do the same for ecpg?

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