Re: windows config.pl question

sorry I meant file src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm

routine sub GetOpenSSLVersion

has the follwing line:

qq("$self->{options}->{openssl}\\bin\\openssl.exe" version 2>&1);

in our distribution openssl.exe isn’t in the $self->{options}->{openssl}\bin\ location

dm

> On Jul 30, 2020, at 10:25 PM, Dmitry Markman <dmarkman(at)mac(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael, thanks a lot
>
> I figured it out, UNC works indeed
>
> however I found at least 2 problems (at least in our 3p harness)
>
> 1. in our configuration openssl executable went to lib (I don’t know why), so I had to change line in Configure script
> and point to openssl.exe file. Sure I probably can change our makefile to create bin directory and put openssl.exe there
> but it’s not my file, maybe later
>
> 2. if PostgreSQL is situated on network drive that mapped to say disk z:, then build script failed:
>
> Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\src\tools\msvc>build
> Detected hardware platform: Win32
> Generating win32ver.rc for src/backend
> Generating win32ver.rc for src/timezone
> Generating win32ver.rc for src/backend/snowball
> Generating win32ver.rc for src/pl/plpgsql/src
> Generating win32ver.rc for src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver
> Generating win32ver.rc for src/backend/replication/pgoutput
> Generating win32ver.rc for src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib
>
> . . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
> Build started 7/30/2020 5:52:12 PM.
> Project "Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\pgsql.sln" on node 1 (default targets).
> Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\pgsql.sln.metaproj : error MSB4126: The specified solution configuration "Release
> |x64" is invalid. Please specify a valid solution configuration using the Configuration and Platform properties (e.g. M
> SBuild.exe Solution.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU") or leave those properties blank to use the defaul
> t solution configuration. [Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\pgsql.sln]
> Done Building Project "Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\pgsql.sln" (default targets) -- FAILED.
>
>
> Build FAILED.
>
> "Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\pgsql.sln" (default target) (1) ->
> (ValidateSolutionConfiguration target) ->
> Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\pgsql.sln.metaproj : error MSB4126: The specified solution configuration "Relea
> se|x64" is invalid. Please specify a valid solution configuration using the Configuration and Platform properties (e.g.
> MSBuild.exe Solution.sln /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform="Any CPU") or leave those properties blank to use the defa
> ult solution configuration. [Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\pgsql.sln]
>
> 0 Warning(s)
> 1 Error(s)
>
>
> Time Elapsed 00:00:00.37
>
> Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source\src\tools\msvc>
>
>
> the same works just fine if it’s on c: drive
>
> all PostgreSQL distribution is in the Z:\3p\derived\win64\PostgreSQL\source folder
>
>
>
> network UNC path is mapped to Z:
>
> thanks again for your help
>
> dm
>
>
>
>> On Jul 30, 2020, at 9:59 PM, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 06:55:28AM -0400, Dmitry Markman wrote:
>>> icu => <path_to_icu_install_area>,
>>>
>>> is it correct?
>>
>> Exactly.
>>
>>> if it’s correct does build support UNC paths?
>>
>> Yes, these work. One take to be aware of is that the quoting of the
>> paths can be annoying. FWIW, I just use single quotes with normal
>> slashes as that's a no-brainer, say:
>> openssl => 'C:/OpenSSL-hoge/',
>>
>> If you are able to break the scripts with a given path, this would
>> likely be a bug we should address. For example, we had lately
>> complains about the build scripts breaking once you inserted spaces in
>> the python or OpenSSL paths (see beb2516 and ad7595b).
>> --
>> Michael
>