Re: Error when compiling postgresql 9.6.7 with Visual Studio 15.5.6

Aditya Nugraha <vortexilation(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> When trying to compile postgresql 9.6.7 with Visual Studio 15.5.6,
> i am getting errors at these following line :
> src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c(927): error C2037: left of
> 'locale_name' specifies undefined struct/union '__crt_lo
> cale_data' [C:\Users\nameless\Documents\Works\Compiling\pgwininstall\builddir\postgresql\postgresql-9.6.7\postgres.vcxpr
> oj]
> src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c(928): error C2198: 'wchar2char':
> too few arguments for call [C:\Users\nameless\Docum
> ents\Works\Compiling\pgwininstall\builddir\postgresql\postgresql-9.6.7\postgres.vcxproj]

This was previously discussed here:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CANFyU959RRvAqmrGvLor%3Dgo3PSi4LdYcjDw8TQ6YRvzpouZrog%40mail.gmail.com

Apparently Microsoft have changed their APIs in VS2015. Somebody needs to
figure out what's the approved way now to get the locale name out of a
_locale_t object.

regards, tom lane