Re: build on windows issue - running build.bat from src\tools\msvc

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: rsewoke(at)googlemail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: build on windows issue - running build.bat from src\tools\msvc
Date: 2019-01-27 12:33:28
Message-ID: 20190127123328.GA3412@paquier.xyz
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-docs

On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 04:28:54PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> Unable to determine Visual Studio version: The nmake version could not be
> determined. at src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm line 91.
>
> This is on visual studio 2017
>
> Thanks for help or pointer to faq that helps

hamerkop tests with MSVC 2017 on a daily basis and we are not getting
any complains:
https://buildfarm.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/show_history.pl?nm=hamerkop&br=HEAD

And support has been added by this commit:
commit: f2ab3898f3a25ef431db4ea90a8d128b974dbffe
author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:03:05 -0400
Support building with Visual Studio 2017

Haribabu Kommi, reviewed by Takeshi Ideriha and Christian Ullrich

Backpatch to 9.6

Which version of Postgres are you trying to build? Perhaps it is
something older than 9.6?
--
Michael

In response to

Browse pgsql-docs by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Ioseph Kim 2019-01-28 16:12:49 patch earthdistance.sgml (add geo_distance function description)
Previous Message PG Doc comments form 2019-01-26 16:28:54 build on windows issue - running build.bat from src\tools\msvc