Re: install libpq.dll in bin directory on Windows / Cygwin

From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>
> I don't have a problem adding them to the bin directory. I'd be very 
> slightly wary of removing them from the lib directory, for legacy reasons. 
> Maybe these changes should be done for git tip and not backported (or 
> maybe just to 9.3). Or we could just decide to clean this mess in one fell 
> swoop.

I think just adding them to the bin is enough for convenience.  I don't 
think backporting to 9.2 and before is necessary, if we consider this change 
as an improvement.  I'd appreciate it if you could do that for 9.3 and 
later.

From: "Andres Freund" <andres@anarazel.de>
> On 2013-07-28 15:37:49 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> >BTW, why is libpq.dll in lib necessary?  For the above files?  If so, we
>> >can remove libpq.dll from lib.  Or, libpqwalreceiver.dll needs it?
>>
>> Not sure. Perhaps you could experiment and see if anything bad happens if
>> libpq is just installed in the bin directory and not in lib.
>
> Yes, it does need it.

Just out of curiosity, what needs libpq.dll in lib?


Regards
MauMau