Re: Win32 port (native)

My idea was to go through the patch and break it out into the items it
addresses:fork/execloop rename testhandle \r in COPYcopydir for cp -rbackslash testsrmdir not recursive for rm -rshared
memorycould map to new address in exec childcompatibility definesfile path separatorsroot directoryrename
atomicityspinlockchangesstr[r]chrtimeval for psqlDWORD in help.cinitdbetc.
 

Once it is split out, each piece can be analyzed to make sure we are
doing things the right way, then applied in parts.


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Jan Wieck wrote:
> Okay,
> 
> I have finally extracted out a patch that applied to a 7.2.1 tree get's
> me something that compiles and passes all regression tests on RedHat
> Linux and Windows 2000.
> 
> To clearify upfront, even if the build process of this port uses a few
> cygwin tools, the final executables and libraries do not depend on
> cygwin.
> 
> I need to write up the 42 steps how to build. For those who want to be
> prepared, you'll need a unix system to patch, a win32 environment with
> VC++ 6.0, Tcl, bison*, flex*, sed* and touch* (*=from cygwin). To run
> the regression tests, one would need an MKS toolkit as it crashes the
> cygwin bash ... we didn't bother with those minor issues. I will post 2
> patches later (meaning, probably tomorrow or latest Sunday) to the
> patches list. One will be all the changes to existing files (about
> 11,500 lines context diff), one will be the new files added.
> 
> As a PostgreSQL coreteam member I want to thank my employer, the
> PeerDirect Corporation, for contributing this work, which IMHO is an
> important step for PostgreSQL.
> 
> What we need from here are some ideas how this port can be lifted up to
> the current 7.4 development tree. There are some TODO items scattered
> throughout the code. But, it compiles and works, so it's a good point to
> start from I think. Looking at the demand for a native Win32 port I
> would expect some people willing to take it from there.
> 
> 
> Jan
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