* configure + Makefile changes
 * shared memory attaching in EXEC_BACKEND case (+ minor fix for apparent
cygwin bug under cygwin/EXEC_BACKEND case only)
 * PATH env var separator differences
 * missing win32 rand functions added
 * placeholder replacements for sync etc under port.h


To those who are really interested, and there are a few of you: the attached
patch + file will allow the source base to be compiled (and, for some
definition, "run") under MingW, with the following caveats (I wanted to
first properly fix all but the last of these, but y'all won't quit asking
for a patch :-):

        * child death: SIGCHLD not yet sent, so as a minimum, you'll need to
put in some sort of delay after StartupDatabase, and handle setting
StartupPID to 0 etc (ie. the stuff the reaper() signal function is supposed
to do)

        * dirmod.c: comment out the elog calls

        * dfmgr.c: some hackage required to substitute_libpath_macro

        * slru/xact.c: comment out the errno checking after the readdir
(fixed by next version of MingW)

Again, this is only if you *really* want to see postgres compile and start,
and is a nice leg-up for working on the other Win32 TODO list items. Just
don't expect too much else from it at this point...


Claudio Natoli

Claudio Natoli

the platform template files, instead of doing it directly in configure.in.
This seems cleaner, and also opens the door to making the choice be
dependent on the compiler being used.

docbook style sheets, as discussed with Peter.

--with-openssl options.  This creates too much risk to pick up the wrong
directory accidentally (for example when there are lib64 directories), and
does not really help much with contemporary installation layouts.

was specified.

back --infodir, which several automatic build environments expect to exist.
Add --without-docdir to prevent installation of documentation, which is
helpful for things like RPM that have their own method of installing
documentation.

Fixes compilation failure with --enable-thread-safety --with-perl and Perl
5.6.1.

tag it Release Candidate 1, as previously discussed

When --enable-debug is used, then the default CFLAGS for non-GCC is just
-g without -O.

Backpatch enhancement of Autoconf inline test that detects problems with
the HP C compiler.

in -version output.  Per report from Johann Uhrmann.

option -fno-strict-aliasing is available.

up configure to beta5

per recent pghackers discussions.  Also ensure that explicitly setting
CFLAGS in the configure environment will be honored.

than having CFLAGS= in the template files.

It uses -O2 for gcc (generated by autoconf), and -O for non-gcc, unless
the template overrides it.

brand her beta4

and improve tests.

tag her for beta3, as announced on Friday  ...

to bypass the error, --without-spinlocks.

        o allow configure to see include/port/win32 include files
        o add matching Win32 accept() prototype
        o allow pg_id to compile with native Win32 API
        o fix invalide mbvalidate() function calls (existing bug)
        o allow /scripts to compile with native Win32 API
        o add win32.c to Win32 compiles (already in *.mak files)

set HAVE_IPV6.  Per recent discussions.

unneeded configure work.

update to beta2

configure to report if they are not found.

of thread-safety comments.

getopt_long().  This is more or less the same problem as we saw earlier
with getaddrinfo() and struct addrinfo, and for the same reason: random
user-added libraries might contain the subroutine, but there's no
guarantee we will find the matching header files.

change tag to 7.4beta1 and update the Copyright to 2003

Guess what folks?  We are now in Beta!!

and seems to have too few users to justify maintaining.