From: | Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | Postgres development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Win32 port patches submitted |
Date: | 2003-01-28 03:57:36 |
Message-ID: | 3E35FFB0.90903@postgresql.org |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Justin Clift writes:
>
>>The advantages to having the Win32 port be natively compatible with
>>Visual Studio is that it already is (no toolset-porting work needed
>>there),
>
> You're missing a couple of points here. First, the MS Visual whatever
> compiler can also be used with a makefile-driven build system. Second,
> the port as it stands isn't really compatible with anything except Jan's
> build instructions. There's a lot of work to be done before we get
> anything that builds out of the box in the 7.4 branch, and it's going to
> be a lot easier if we do it using the build system we already have and
> know.
Thanks Peter. Really didn't know that MS Visual <things> could work
with makefile driven build systems, nor that the PeerDirect build
process was so... unique. :)
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
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