Re: Building psql.exe using the free Borland compiler

[Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> > 
> > Has anybody succeeded in building psql from 8.1.3 using bcc55?
> 
> Well, looks like it's me then. Skipping the standard stuff to do with setting up
> the compiler and selecting the correct makefiles, and with the strong caveat
> that this is for BCC 5.5 and is untested against earlier and later Borland
> compilers:
> 
> i)   Delete src\include\pg_config.h if it exists, it's recreated by the
> makefile.

Why remove the file if it is overwritten anyway?

> ii)  Modify src\interfaces\libpq\pg_config_paths.h so that instead of reading:
> 
> #define SYSCONFDIR
> 
> it reads:
> 
> #define SYSCONFDIR ""

OK, I originally had in the Makefile:

   echo \#define SYSCONFDIR "" > pg_config_paths.h

I changed it to:

   echo \#define SYSCONFDIR \"\" > pg_config_paths.h

I hope that properly puts quotes in the file.

> iii) Modify src\include\port.h so that instead of reading:
> 
> #ifndef __BORLANDC__
> #define popen(a,b) _popen(a,b)
> #define pclose(a) _pclose(a)
> #endif
> 
> it reads:
> 
> // ifndef __BORLANDC__
> #define popen(a,b) _popen(a,b)
> #define pclose(a) _pclose(a)
> // endif
> 
> Should now compile and run without problems.

Done.  Applied patch attached.

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Index: src/include/port.h
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/port.h,v
retrieving revision 1.90
diff -c -c -r1.90 port.h
*** src/include/port.h	5 Mar 2006 15:58:53 -0000	1.90
--- src/include/port.h	24 Apr 2006 03:57:37 -0000
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*** 255,264 ****
  #define		open(a,b,...)	win32_open(a,b,##__VA_ARGS__)
  #endif
  
- #ifndef __BORLANDC__
  #define popen(a,b) _popen(a,b)
  #define pclose(a) _pclose(a)
- #endif
  
  /* Missing rand functions */
  extern long lrand48(void);
--- 255,262 ----
Index: src/interfaces/libpq/bcc32.mak
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/bcc32.mak,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -c -c -r1.20 bcc32.mak
*** src/interfaces/libpq/bcc32.mak	16 Sep 2005 19:00:05 -0000	1.20
--- src/interfaces/libpq/bcc32.mak	24 Apr 2006 03:57:44 -0000
***************
*** 141,147 ****
  
  # Have to use \# so # isn't treated as a comment, but MSVC doesn't like this
  pg_config_paths.h: bcc32.mak
! 	echo \#define SYSCONFDIR "" > pg_config_paths.h
  
  "$(OUTDIR)" :
  	@if not exist "$(OUTDIR)/$(NULL)" mkdir "$(OUTDIR)"
--- 141,147 ----
  
  # Have to use \# so # isn't treated as a comment, but MSVC doesn't like this
  pg_config_paths.h: bcc32.mak
! 	echo \#define SYSCONFDIR \"\" > pg_config_paths.h
  
  "$(OUTDIR)" :
  	@if not exist "$(OUTDIR)/$(NULL)" mkdir "$(OUTDIR)"