Re: msvc directory missing in PostgreSQL 17.0

Check out this:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Meson

There's a table showing the setup & build commands using the old way and the new way (meson).

> On Oct 21, 2024, at 4:12 PM, Mark Hill <Mark(dot)Hill(at)sas(dot)com> wrote:
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> Thanks Bill! Do you have a sample meson command for building that you could share?
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> Thanks, Mark
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> From: Bill Smith <bill(dot)smith(at)enterprisedb(dot)com <mailto:bill(dot)smith(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>>
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2024 4:11 PM
> To: Mark Hill <Mark(dot)Hill(at)sas(dot)com <mailto:Mark(dot)Hill(at)sas(dot)com>>
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org <mailto:pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
> Subject: Re: msvc directory missing in PostgreSQL 17.0
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> On Oct 18, 2024, at 4:05 PM, Mark Hill <Mark(dot)Hill(at)sas(dot)com <mailto:Mark(dot)Hill(at)sas(dot)com>> wrote:
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> I just downloaded the Postgresql 17.0 and the extracted directory postgresql-17.0/src/tools does not contain
> the “msvc” directory as it has since I’ve been building Postgres 12, 14, and 16. How am I supposed to build
> PostgreSQL for Windows now? I’m not sure what msvc_gendef.pl does. How do we build Postgres for Windows
> using Visual Studio?
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> You’ll want to use meson to build PG. See the docs here:
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> 17.7. Platform-Specific Notes <https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r01/___https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/installation-platform-notes.html%23INSTALLATION-NOTES-VISUAL-STUDIO___.YzJ1OnNhc2luc3RpdHV0ZTpjOm86OWJiYTkyOGQ4NDg2ZWRhYjhlMjJkNGUzOGNmNjgxYjc6NzowNDYzOmRlNGQ2ZGI4MWYwNTVhNDUzM2Q4ZTc2NWYwZGJlMzQyMGI1YjE3ZDc4MWJjOTY2YTE0ZjAwMTg1ZDE0NjYxOWM6aDpUOk4>
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> Thanks, Mark