Re: cygwin and postgresql

From: Jasen Betts <jasen(at)xnet(dot)co(dot)nz>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: cygwin and postgresql
Date: 2009-06-15 12:08:22
Message-ID: h15djm$tu7$2@reversiblemaps.ath.cx
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On 2009-06-14, James B. Byrne <byrnejb(at)harte-lyne(dot)ca> wrote:
>
> On Sun, June 14, 2009 15:45, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> why it would not form part of the cygwin
>>> installation?
>>
>> Is there a reason you're not using the native windows postgresql
>> packages?
>>
>
> Because for some reason, processes running in the cygwin environment
> could not create databases in the postgresql instance running in
> windows.

that's odd, were you specifying host=localhost, if not it may be
that the cygwin processes were trying to use local sockets.
(oner difference of the native windows postgres to linux is no local
sockets)

> As I develop for Linux and use cygwin to (mostly)
> replicate that environment on my MS-Win laptop I thought that moving
> everything having to do with the development environment under
> cygwin would be best.

I develop for windows on a linux desktop (exact opposite of what you do!)

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