Re: ICU support on Windows

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Currently, we cannot perform ICU enabled build for postgres on Windows
>> platform. However, this can be done on Linux platforms using
>> '--with-icu' configuration parameter. Attached is the patch that
>> allows us to perform icu enabled build for postgres on Windows
>> platform provided that we have correct version of ICU libraries
>> installed on our system.
>>
>> With the help of attached patch, we can use icu feature on Windows.
>> All we have to do is, download the ICU libraries from - [1] and add
>> the installation path for icu libraires in config.pl like,
>
> I have looked at this patch and it looks good to me. Windows is able
> to compile with ICU support using it, which is a good step forward
> into moving on with things in this area.
>
> I have added an open item, it seems to me that it is a mistake to not
> be able to have that support as well on Windows in PG10.

Thanks for reviewing the patch and adding it to the PostgreSQL 10 open
items list.

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With Regards,
Ashutosh Sharma
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