| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Cygwin support |
| Date: | 2025-04-22 14:54:46 |
| Message-ID: | f4415fb7-7855-4bb6-817c-c0f230e550cb@dunslane.net |
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On 2025-04-22 Tu 10:26 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> I agree that I would not normally use Cygwin to run a Postgres instance.
>> But its psql is nicer than others on Windows because unlike the native
>> builds we build it with readline. That's why I've kept a buildfarm
>> animal going all these years. If the maintenance burden were high I
>> wouldn't do so - but it's not really. And these patches are tiny.
> I vaguely recall some discussion about whether building with readline
> has become possible under MSVC. I think it'd make a lot of people
> happy if that could happen (but I hasten to add that I'm not
> volunteering).
>
>
Neither am I, although I'll test it if somebody sends in a patch. If
that happens I'll be happy enough to retire Cygwin support.
cheers
andrew
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Andrew Dunstan
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