Re: pgxs/windows

Magnus Hagander wrote:

>>>However, libpostgres.a isn't in $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir), it's in
>>>$(DESTDIR)/$(libdir) and when I make that change in the installed
>>>makefile my module builds happily.
>>>
>>>
>>>My question is: if I make this change will anything else break?
>>>
>>>
>>Offhand that seems like it may just be a thinko in the
>>original makefile coding. Has anyone tried to use PGXS on
>>windows before?
>>
>>
>
>I have, it works for me. I get for example:
>
>dlltool --export-all --output-def dblink-ldap.def dblink-ldap.o
>dllwrap -o libdblink-ldap.dll --dllname libdblink-ldap.dll --def
>dblink-ldap.def dblink-ldap.o -LD:/msys/1.0/local/pgsql/bin
>-LD:/msys/1.0/local/pgsql/lib -L/f/krb5/lib/i386/mingw -lwldap32
>-lpostgres
>dlltool --dllname libdblink-ldap.dll --def dblink-ldap.def --output-lib
>libdblink-ldap.a
>
>As you see, it adds both bin and lib. This is from a fresh cvs install
>on my local msys - not installed from installer, and all building is
>from msys.
>
>That said, it still doesn't look right in the makefile :-)
>
>
>
>

Well, the whole point was to test against postgres from the installer -
that case sure didn't work, as the output I posted showed.

I suggest I change HEAD and we test - if nothing breaks we can backport it.

cheers

andrew