Re: [GENERAL] Upcoming 6.4 release issues - WinNT

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Chris Williams wrote:

> Ummmm..let me rephrase the question.  Will the WinNT port be
> distributed from the postgres site as other versions are?  Since you
> only need to compile it once since NT is NT....I was hoping that
> someone would be maintaining it and updating the FTP site?  Any
> comments?

If someone wishes to take responsibility for it, and maintain the binary,
I have no problems including it both on the CD and in the FTP site...



> Thanks
> ---------
> Chris Williams
> Sterling Software
> Rome, New York
> Phone: (315) 336-0500
> Email: chris_d_williams@sterling.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
> To: Chris Williams <chris_d_williams@itd.sterling.com>
> Cc: dustin sallings <dustin@spy.net>; Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>; PostgreSQL-general
> <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
> Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Upcoming 6.4 release issues - WinNT
>
>
> >On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Chris Williams wrote:
> >
> >> A few weeks ago there was lots of messages about a port to WinNT of
> >> postgres 6.4. Is this still the case and will it be available for
> >> download?  If not..is there any time frame when it will be.
> >
> > The only report that comes to mind is one person saying that they
> >successfully compiled it out of the box, no changes to PostgreSQL sources,
> >usin gthe Cygwin stuff.  He had to modify the cygwin setup slightly (add a
> >header file or two, I believe?), but other then that, compiled and ran out
> >of the box...
> >
> >> Thanks
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, dustin sallings wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >       I'm sorry if this question is answered somewhere, but does 6.4
> >> > > require C++?  My main database boy doesn't have a C++ compiler, and I
> >> > > don't plan on getting one for it any time in the near future.
> >> >
> >> >         This does not require C++ to compile, nor do I suspect it ever
> >> > will...I couldn't imagine the effort to go through to actually convert it
> >> > over to C++ :)
> >> >
> >> > >       I tried a beta yesterday, and it compiled on 0/2 of the machines I
> >> > > tried (NetBSD and IRIX).  I'm really hoping this new version might fix
> >> > > some of the instability issues I had with 6.3.2 in production.
> >> >
> >> >         Please report any compile errors to pgsql-hackers ... it has been
> >> > tested on NetBSD, but I don't believe Irix has been tested...
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > // We plan to release PostgreSQL, version 6.4, within the next week.
> >> > > //
> >> > > // An announcement will be made as soon as it is ready.  You can see the
> >> > > // changes for this release on our web site at the bottom of the TODO list.
> >> > > //
> >> > > // We hope people will be able to upgrade within two weeks after its
> >> > > // release, so we fix any problems and move on to the 6.5 release.
> >> > > //
> >> > > // 6.4 includes a pg_upgrade utility, that will allow upgrading without a
> >> > > // dump/reload for 6.3.* users.
> >> > > //
> >> > > // --
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> >> >
> >> > Marc G. Fournier
> >> > Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> >> > primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Marc G. Fournier
> >Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> >primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
> >
> >
>

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org