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Re: Update "Requirements" for Windows?


  • From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • Cc: pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: Update "Requirements" for Windows?
  • Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:12:37 -0500 (EST)
  • Message-id: <200412241812(dot)iBOICbu04587(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>

Tom Lane wrote:
> In the Administrator's Guide, first section under Installation, it still
> says
> 
> * To build on Windows NT or Windows 2000 you need the Cygwin and cygipc
>   packages. See the file doc/FAQ_MSWIN for details.
> 
> I suppose this is at least partly out of date, but what should it say
> now?
> 
> Also, do we even still need the "Installation on Windows" section?  Is
> anyone still going to care about building the frontend tools that way?

Oh, I see this needs some major restructuring/relabeling.  I am working
on that now.

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