Re: Libpq visual c++ build errors, addrinfo and sockaddr_storage redefinition error

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> Pierre Joye wrote:
> > Hi Magnus,
> >
> > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
> > wrote:
> > > Pierre Joye wrote:
> > > > hi,
> > > >
> > > > While trying to update the PHP postgresql extension to 8.3.1, I
> > > > met a couple of issues.
> > > >
> > > > The first was about not using kerberos, the makefile is
> > > > incorrect as an error will be raised when kerberos is used and
> > > > no kerberos is used.
> > >
> > > First of all, what version of MSVC are you building this with? And
> > > what version of the Platform SDK?
> >
> > We use the last SDK working with VC6 (2003/02). That's sadly a
> > requirement for php 5.x. We are working on supporting 2k5 and the
> > latest SDK for 5.3+. However VC6 support has to be kept for the 5.x
> > branches (at least).
>
> There's your problem, really. 8.3+ does not support VC6 anymore. We
> need 7.1 or newer.

I was suspecting this problem. Do you have any experiences of using
these 2k5 binaries with VC6 (especially in threaded environment)? We
may give it a try in the next weeks and update it again in 5.2.7 and
5.3 if it works well.

> > > And third, I'd recommend you try to build it using the "main
> > > method" which is using the tools in src/tools/msvc, and not the
> > > win32.mak method. It's much more complete. You can build "just
> > > libpq" that way as well.
> >
> > I did not know this one, thanks! I will give it tonight.
>
> That one will require Visual Studio 2005...

Ok, that will be usefull for the 2k5 move :)

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Pierre
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