Re: mingw: is configure --without-zlib ok?

Matt England <mengland@mengland.net> writes:
> Is it safe to make a build with './configure --without-zlib'?

> What's the consequences of doing this?  Will something not work properly in
> the resulting psql application/database?

AFAIR the only thing you lose is the ability to create or read
compressed custom-format dump files in pg_dump/pg_restore.  You
can certainly live without this --- unless you need to read
compressed dumps that someone else sends you.

            regards, tom lane