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+                    PostgreSQL Native Win32 FAQ Using MinGW
+                                       
+   Last updated: Fri Oct 8 12:47:37 EDT 2004
+   
+   Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
+   
+   The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
+   http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html.
+   
+   The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.  There
+   is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you
+   can download from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller.  It is a
+   fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
+   
+Tools for Building Binaries
+
+   The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft operating
+   system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
+   doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
+   points needed for symlinks.)  Earlier operating systems do not have
+   sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires MinGW and
+   Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/. MinGW is a
+   Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems. Msys is a
+   collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like
+   configure.  Neither is required to run the resulting binaries;  they
+   are needed only for creating the binaries.  We have no intention of
+   supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
+   from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
+   burdensome.
+   
+Steps For Building Binaries
+
+     * Download the nightly snapshot tarball from
+       ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/dev or checkout via CVS (you will
+       need bison, flex, and perl installed to build from CVS)
+     * Run configure (you might need to add the --without-zlib argument,
+       depending on whether you have installed zlib on MinGW)
+     * Run make install
+       
+   Note:  it is suggested that you run psql under CMD.EXE., as the Msys
+   console has buffering issues.
+   If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
+   and send it to the mailing list.
+   
+Access
+
+   The mailing list for discussion is [email protected].
+   You can subscribe by sending an email body containing the word
+   subscribe to [email protected].
+   
+Resources
+
+   There are several resources that helped us complete this port:
+     * PeerDirect port of PostgreSQL 7.2 to Win32
+       (ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/PeerDirect)
+     * CONNX Win32 signal
+       code(ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/CONNX)
+     * SRA port of PostgreSQL to Win32 (unfortunately, this is not
+       publically available because the threaded portion is proprietary)
+     * CHM help files
+       (http://www.pgadmin.org/snapshots/help/en_US/pgadmin3.chm)

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+  
+ content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
+  PostgreSQL Native Win32 Status Report
+
+
+PostgreSQL Native Win32 FAQ Using MinGW
+
+Last updated: Fri Oct  8 12:47:37 EDT 2004
+Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (
+"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected])
+
+
+The most recent version of this document can be viewed at 
+"http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html">
+http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/project/win32.html.
+
+The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools. 
+There is also a precompiled binary installer called 
+ style="font-style: italic;">pginstaller which you can download
+from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. 
+It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
+
+Tools for Building Binaries
+
+ The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft
+operating
+system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
+doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
+points needed for symlinks.)  Earlier
+operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the
+port also
+requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from 
+ href="http://www.mingw.org/">http://www.mingw.org/. MinGW is
+a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems.
+Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like configure. 
+Neither is required to run the resulting binaries;  they are
+needed only for creating the binaries.  We have no intention
+of supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
+from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
+burdensome.
+
+Steps For Building Binaries
+
+
+  Download the nightly snapshot tarball from 
+ href="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/dev">ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/dev
+or checkout via CVS (you will need bison, flex, and perl
+installed to build from CVS)
+  
+  Run configure (you might need to add the --without-zlib
+argument, depending on whether you have installed 
+ style="font-style: italic;">zlib
+    on MinGW)
+  Run make install
+
+Note:  it is suggested that you run psql under CMD.EXE.,
+as the Msys console has buffering issues.
+
+If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
+and send
+it to the mailing list. 
+Access
+The mailing list for discussion is
+[email protected]. You can subscribe by sending
+an email body containing the word subscribe to 
+ href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected].
+
+
+Resources
+There are several resources that helped us complete this port:
+
+  PeerDirect port of PostgreSQL 7.2 to Win32 (
+ href="ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/PeerDirect">ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/PeerDirect)
+  CONNX Win32 signal code(
+ href="ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/CONNX">ftp://momjian.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/win32/CONNX)
+  SRA port of PostgreSQL to Win32 (unfortunately, this is not
+publically available because the threaded portion is proprietary)
+  CHM help files (
+ href="http://www.pgadmin.org/snapshots/help/en_US/pgadmin3.chm">http://www.pgadmin.org/snapshots/help/en_US/pgadmin3.chm)
+
+
+




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