Re: eventlog fix

We require the MS "MC" compiler to build the BIN file (note - this is
not C - this is the "Message Compiler"). The Ccode should compile fine
in mingw.

Not requiring it is the reason we'd include the .BIN file in CVS. MC is
only needed to *rebuild* it.

//Magnus


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us]
>
>
>Woh, we aren't requring MS C to compile this feature.  Can't it be
>created by mingw?  If not, I don't see what value an MS C compile is
>going to do for us.
>
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>Laurent Ballester wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just looking under CVS web interface what is stored in
>pgevent directory
>> and what is missing.
>>
>> The files attached with this mail have to be stored in
>pgevent directory.
>> MSG000001.bin is a bin files, result of Microsoft MC
>compiler. MC compiler
>> can be downloaded for free with MS Core SDK but it is not
>included with MSYS
>> tools and I didn't find a alternative way to compile MC file.
>>
>> To summarize MC pgmsgevent.mc command generates pgmsgevent.h
>pgmsgevent.rc
>> and MSG00001.bin files.
>> In MC file, we declare a string with %s format, so we can
>write anything we
>> want in the future without need to change the definition of
>this string.
>>
>> To finish, because DllUnregisterServer and DllRegisterServer
>are system
>> defined entry point, we need to export these two functions
>with their names
>> without "decoration", so we cannot uses auto generated .def
>files without
>> handy modifications.
>>
>> regards
>> Laurent Ballester
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
>> To: "Laurent Ballester" <postgresql.ballester@wanadoo.fr>
>> Cc: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>;
>> <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 7:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [PATCHES] eventlog fix
>>
>>
>> >
>> > OK, I have created the following diff to document the pgevent
>> > installation instructions.  However, you didn't send me a
>Makefile for
>> > creating the DLL, and I am not sure how to do that.  Would
>you send me a
>> > `Makefile for src/bin/pgevent?  Thanks.
>> >
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