Have you considered using the pre-build postgresql that comes with cygwin?
I think there are many who have this working.
Russell
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <cupcake@sdf.lonestar.org>
To: <pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: [CYGWIN] NT install
> Hello,
>
> I have installed cygwin as of late September, 2001, and cygipc-1_10-1 and
> was trying to do the gmake today as part of the postgresql install and I
> received this error:
>
> gcc -02 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations command.o
> common.o help.o input.o stringutils.o mainloop.o copy.o startup.o prompt.o
> variables.o large_obj.o print.o describe.o
tab-complete.o -L../../../src/interfaces/libpg
> -lpg -L/usr/local/lib -g -lz -lcrypt -lreadline -lcygipc -o psql
> tab-complete.o(.text+0x2a36):tab-complete.c: undefined reference
> to `filename_completion_function`
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[3]: *** [psql] Error 1
> make[3]: Leavingndirectory `/postgresql-7.1.3/src/bin/psql`
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/postgresql-7.1.3/src/bin'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/postgresql-7.1.3/src'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Do you think I should remove the reference to
filename_completion_function?
>
> In the broader context, I am trying to use postgresql on my WindowsNT
> to access a sybase database using ODBC.
>
> Does anyone know of this having been done successfully? Are there
> focused and detailed instructions for this purpose?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
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