On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:15:05AM +0000, Dave Page wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Dave Page wrote:
> > > Yes, because newer builds may be linked against updated runtime
> > > versions. We need to be sure the installer will upgrade the file so it
> > > definitely matches any runtimes (or other dependencies) that we're
> > > also installing/upgrading.
> >
> > If it is so very important to update this file for every build, why are we
> > shipping it in the distribution tarball, which is done under the assumption
> > that it never has to be updated? Something doesn't fit here.
>
> That I can't answer.
It is to make it possible to build libpq "the old way" using nmake or
borland c++ - not requiring mingw or the perl stuff in src/tools/msvc.
//Magnus