Re: Postgresql for cygwin - 3rd

On 24/01/2014 05:28, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 01/23/2014 10:50 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:48:01PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>>>> Andrew, should this configuration/code patch be applied to 9.4?
>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/51B59794.3000500@gmail.com
>>>> I think we would have to make Cygwin-specific regression output to
>>>> handle the regression failures, but frankly I am not even sure if they
>>>> are right.
>>> Those regression failures certainly say there is something broken in
>>> the submitter's build, so this needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
>>> I'm not qualified to evaluate the proposed changes, but I wonder why
>>> they're needed given that we have successful cygwin builds in the
>>> buildfarm.
>> Yes, that confuses me too. Unless we get more details, we should ignore
>> the patches. Thanks.

Andrew,
nice to see, the question rises again.
I dropped from the pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org some time ago,
as no one was following the issue; I just rejoined.

As explained here:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-03/msg00217.html
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-03/msg00050.html

1) Using DLLTOOL/DLLWRAP

"postgresql dll's allocation table are partially wrong,
so they fail at load after a rebase."

the build farm can not test this rebase failure, as it will happen after
installation at any rebase.
DLLTOOL/DLLWRAP usage is "really" deprecated on cygwin as it produces
damaged binaries that

2) I am the currently package mantainer for cygwin
last I packged was postgresql-9.2.4
9.3.2 is on my TODO list

> AFAICT the regression is in Cygwin. The buildfarm passes because it's
> using an oldish Cygwin release, 1.7.7 rather than the current 1.7.27. I
> have brought the regression the athe attention of the Cygwin people in
> the past, but without response.

which issue ?
During my package tests I have only two issues:

tsearch ... FAILED
and
test: prepared_xacts
must be skipped as it never completes

> The build system changes have slipped off my radar, unfortunately. Not
> sure when I can get to them.

Regars
Marco