Re: configure hangs with tcl/tk support

Hi,

>>WRT cygwin/Xfree, I do not understand why you would not just run
pgacess natively in Windows?
I am so sorry. I wasn't aware that a native windoze version of pgaccess
exists.

Thanks a lot.

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Nicolas Boretos wrote:

> Suraj Amin wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have successfully installed PostgreSQL 7.3(without tcl/tk support)
>> on Cygwin(1.3.17.1) on Windows2000 Professional.
>> But when I try to configure it with:
>> ./configure --with-java --with-tcl --with-tclconfig=/usr/lib (I need
>> pgaccess which needs tcl support)
>>
>> It hangs at:
>> config.status: creating src/Makefile.global
>>
>> With "sed.exe" consuming around 90-95% of the CPU resources.
>>
>> First of all; will pgaccess run under cygwin + XFree86?
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> IIRC, postgres builds libpq anyway, but you dont need to compile
> postgres with tcl inorder to use pgaccess, as it comes both with libpq
> and libpgtcl dlls.
> The thing to note though is that you would have to use an 8.3 based
> tcl/tk distro as these libs are, AFAIL, not stubs enabled and will not
> load under the more recent 8.4 tcl/tk.
>
> WRT cygwin/Xfree, I do not understand why you would not just run
> pgacess natively in Windows?
>
> regards,
>
> nicolas boretos
>
>
>