Re: Building psql.exe using the free Borland compiler

Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > Has anybody succeeded in building psql from 8.1.3 using bcc55?
>
> Well, looks like it's me then. Skipping the standard stuff to do with setting up
> the compiler and selecting the correct makefiles, and with the strong caveat
> that this is for BCC 5.5 and is untested against earlier and later Borland
> compilers:
>
> i) Delete src\include\pg_config.h if it exists, it's recreated by the
> makefile.

Why remove the file if it is overwritten anyway?

> ii) Modify src\interfaces\libpq\pg_config_paths.h so that instead of reading:
>
> #define SYSCONFDIR
>
> it reads:
>
> #define SYSCONFDIR ""

OK, I originally had in the Makefile:

echo \#define SYSCONFDIR "" > pg_config_paths.h

I changed it to:

echo \#define SYSCONFDIR \"\" > pg_config_paths.h

I hope that properly puts quotes in the file.

> iii) Modify src\include\port.h so that instead of reading:
>
> #ifndef __BORLANDC__
> #define popen(a,b) _popen(a,b)
> #define pclose(a) _pclose(a)
> #endif
>
> it reads:
>
> // ifndef __BORLANDC__
> #define popen(a,b) _popen(a,b)
> #define pclose(a) _pclose(a)
> // endif
>
> Should now compile and run without problems.

Done. Applied patch attached.

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