Re: Remove MSVC scripts from the tree

On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 02:52:41PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 18.12.23 11:49, vignesh C wrote:
>> Few comments:
>> 1) Now that the MSVC build scripts are removed, should we have the
>> reference to "MSVC build scripts" here?
>> ltree.h:
>
> I think this note is correct and can be kept, as it explains the historical
> context.

Yeah, that's something I was pondering about for a bit a few weeks ago
but keeping the historical context is still the most important piece
to me.

>> 2) I had seen that if sed/gzip is not available meson build will fail:
>> 2.a)
>> Program gsed sed found: NO
>> meson.build:334:6: ERROR: Program 'gsed sed' not found or not executable
>
> Yes, this would need to be improved. Currently, sed is only required if
> either selinux or dtrace is enabled, which isn't supported on Windows. But
> we should adjust the build scripts to not fail the top-level setup run
> unless those options are enabled.
>
>> 2.b)
>> Program gzip found: NO
>> meson.build:337:7: ERROR: Program 'gzip' not found or not executable
>
> gzip is only required for certain test suites, so again we should adjust the
> build scripts to not fail the build but instead skip the tests as
> appropriate.

Oops.
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Michael