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Re: mingw: is configure --without-zlib ok?


  • From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: "Matthew England" <mengland(at)mengland(dot)net>
  • Cc: pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: mingw: is configure --without-zlib ok?
  • Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:21:42 -0500
  • Message-id: <20361.1141060902@sss.pgh.pa.us> <text/plain>

Matt England <mengland(at)mengland(dot)net> writes:
> Is it safe to make a build with './configure --without-zlib'?

> What's the consequences of doing this?  Will something not work properly in 
> the resulting psql application/database?

AFAIR the only thing you lose is the ability to create or read
compressed custom-format dump files in pg_dump/pg_restore.  You
can certainly live without this --- unless you need to read
compressed dumps that someone else sends you.

			regards, tom lane



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