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Re: Compiler Error - postgress make on mingw for win32


  • From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
  • To: mohan namadhari <mnamadhari(at)yahoo(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: Compiler Error - postgress make on mingw for win32
  • Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:37:44 +0100
  • Message-id: <20080205153744.GB24114@svr2.hagander.net> <text/plain>

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:36:50PM -0800, mohan namadhari wrote:
> Hi,
> While compiling the postgres 8.1x on mingw tool,
> getting following error. Does anyone have any clue 
> what is going on here? Does it requires to fix
> makefile? If so which make file and what exactly is
> the change required? 
> Following is the error I am getting.
> 
> dlltool --dllname postgres.exe --def postgres.def
> --output-lib libpostgres.a
> C:\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\dlltool.exe: CreateProcess
> make[2]: *** [libpostgres.a] Error 1
> make[2]: *** Deleting file `libpostgres.a'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/postgresql/src/backend'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/postgresql/src'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

This looks like an internal error somewhere in mingw, in that it can't
execute CreateProcess itself calling some sub-process. I think something is
bad in your build environment.

//Magnus



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