Re: [GENERAL] Upcoming 6.4 release issues - WinNT

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Chris Williams wrote:

> Ummmm..let me rephrase the question. Will the WinNT port be
> distributed from the postgres site as other versions are? Since you
> only need to compile it once since NT is NT....I was hoping that
> someone would be maintaining it and updating the FTP site? Any
> comments?

If someone wishes to take responsibility for it, and maintain the binary,
I have no problems including it both on the CD and in the FTP site...

> Thanks
> ---------
> Chris Williams
> Sterling Software
> Rome, New York
> Phone: (315) 336-0500
> Email: chris_d_williams(at)sterling(dot)com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
> To: Chris Williams <chris_d_williams(at)itd(dot)sterling(dot)com>
> Cc: dustin sallings <dustin(at)spy(dot)net>; Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>; PostgreSQL-general
> <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
> Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Upcoming 6.4 release issues - WinNT
>
>
> >On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Chris Williams wrote:
> >
> >> A few weeks ago there was lots of messages about a port to WinNT of
> >> postgres 6.4. Is this still the case and will it be available for
> >> download? If not..is there any time frame when it will be.
> >
> > The only report that comes to mind is one person saying that they
> >successfully compiled it out of the box, no changes to PostgreSQL sources,
> >usin gthe Cygwin stuff. He had to modify the cygwin setup slightly (add a
> >header file or two, I believe?), but other then that, compiled and ran out
> >of the box...
> >
> >> Thanks
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, dustin sallings wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm sorry if this question is answered somewhere, but does 6.4
> >> > > require C++? My main database boy doesn't have a C++ compiler, and I
> >> > > don't plan on getting one for it any time in the near future.
> >> >
> >> > This does not require C++ to compile, nor do I suspect it ever
> >> > will...I couldn't imagine the effort to go through to actually convert it
> >> > over to C++ :)
> >> >
> >> > > I tried a beta yesterday, and it compiled on 0/2 of the machines I
> >> > > tried (NetBSD and IRIX). I'm really hoping this new version might fix
> >> > > some of the instability issues I had with 6.3.2 in production.
> >> >
> >> > Please report any compile errors to pgsql-hackers ... it has been
> >> > tested on NetBSD, but I don't believe Irix has been tested...
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > // We plan to release PostgreSQL, version 6.4, within the next week.
> >> > > //
> >> > > // An announcement will be made as soon as it is ready. You can see the
> >> > > // changes for this release on our web site at the bottom of the TODO list.
> >> > > //
> >> > > // We hope people will be able to upgrade within two weeks after its
> >> > > // release, so we fix any problems and move on to the 6.5 release.
> >> > > //
> >> > > // 6.4 includes a pg_upgrade utility, that will allow upgrading without a
> >> > > // dump/reload for 6.3.* users.
> >> > > //
> >> > > // --
> >> > > // Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle
> >> > > // maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 853-3000
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> >> > > //
> >> > > //
> >> > >
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> >> >
> >> > Marc G. Fournier
> >> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> >> > primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Marc G. Fournier
> >Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> >primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
> >
> >
>

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org