Re: Quick question

Can someone evaluate this patch and generate a FAQ patch?


> Hello Bruce,
> Here is a FAQ_MSWIN with my notes >>>included<<<.
> I will tackle INSTALL in a later email.
>
> Peter
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > There is a cygwin group and a ports group, and a docs group.  If you
> > want to send over a patch for some docs, I can get them applied.
> >
> > > Hello Bruce,
> > > I am trying to find the right way to contact whoever manages the port of
> > > PostgreSQL to NT.
> > >
> > > I followed the contact instruction in the documentation in 7.1.1 but my
> > > email bounced.
> > >
> > > I asked a question in comp.databases.postgresql.hackers and nobody
> > > replied. The question:
> > > Is this the right newsgroup to post things that go wrong and workarounds
> > > for PostgreSQL 7.1.1 install on NT 4.0?
> > >
> > > I noticed your posts throughout comp.databases.postgresql.hackers so
> > > thought I would ask you the right way to contribute. All I wanted to do
> > > was contribute some potential documentation updates, based on an
> > > installation this week using the latest cygwin etc., while it is still
> > > fresh in my mind and I have some notes handy.
> > >
> > > Do you know the right news group or person to email?
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> >
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> How to install PostgreSQL on Windows NT >>>>>> 4.0 SP6a <<<<<<<
> =======================================================
> $Date: >>>>>2001/05/07<<<<< $
>
> 1.  Install the Cygwin package.
>
>     The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32
>     API.  It is available at <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/>.
>     >>>>>>>>>> I used 1.3.1. <<<<<<<<
>     >>>>>>>>>> I installed Cygwin using the administrator id,
>     set the option to make Cygwin available to all users
>     and installed all packages.  <<<<<<<<<<
>
> 2.  Install the cygipc package, available at
>     <http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/>.
>     >>>>>>> I used 1.09-2. When I first installed it,
>     I used c:\usr and that created a problem
>     so I changed to c:\cygwin\usr. I do not have a note of the exact problem. <<<<<<<<<
>
> 3.  Optional:  The "Andy Piper Tools" at <http://www.xemacs.freeserve.co.uk/>
>     are a collection of pre-compiled libraries and utilities that you
>     might find useful -- especially on Cygwin B20.
>     >>>>>>>>> Andy no longer has downloadable stuff at his site <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> 4.  The Cygwin bin directory has to be placed in the path before the
>     Windows program directories, because the sort.exe has to be taken
>     from Cygwin, not Windows.
>     >>>>>> A PostgreSQL library has to go in the same path so make one change to:
>     c:\cygwin\usr\local\pgsql\lib;c:\cygwin\bin;c:\winnt......
>     <<<<<<<
>
> 5.  Start ipc-daemon from the cygipc package.  Use "net start ipc-daemon",
>     if ipc-daemon is installed as a service; otherwise, use "ipc-daemon &".
>     This program needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL
>     server (postmaster).
>     >>>> I logged in as administrator and ran "ipc-daemon --install-as-service" and it worked perfectly.
>
> 6.  Proceed according to the INSTALL file.  (./configure; make; etc.)
>     >>> Note that all the commands in the INSTALL file have to be run in the Cygwin window,
>     not the NT command line window. I ran the first part of the PostgreSQL install as administrator
>     then created the database as administrator then could not access the database form my normal user id
>     so I deleted the database and recreated the database from my normal logon and everything worked fine.
>     <<<<<
>
> NOTE:  The following are known issues with PostgreSQL on Windows:
>
> 1.  Cygwin's AF_UNIX sockets are really implemented as AF_INET sockets
>     so they are inherently insecure.
>
> 2.  make check can generate spurious regression test failures due to
>     overflowing the listen() backlog queue which causes connection
>     refused errors.
>
> Problem reports can be sent to <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org>.
> >>>> Email sent to this address bounced with some message about not being registered.<<<<<

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  pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 853-3000
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026