Re: [GENERAL] Upcoming 6.4 release issues - WinNT

On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Chris Williams wrote:

A few weeks ago there was lots of messages about a port to WinNT of
postgres 6.4. Is this still the case and will it be available for
download? If not..is there any time frame when it will be.

The only report that comes to mind is one person saying that they
successfully compiled it out of the box, no changes to PostgreSQL sources,
usin gthe Cygwin stuff. He had to modify the cygwin setup slightly (add a
header file or two, I believe?), but other then that, compiled and ran out
of the box...

Thanks
Chris

The Hermit Hacker wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, dustin sallings wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

I'm sorry if this question is answered somewhere, but does 6.4
require C++? My main database boy doesn't have a C++ compiler, and I
don't plan on getting one for it any time in the near future.

This does not require C++ to compile, nor do I suspect it ever
will...I couldn't imagine the effort to go through to actually convert it
over to C++ :)

I tried a beta yesterday, and it compiled on 0/2 of the machines I
tried (NetBSD and IRIX). I'm really hoping this new version might fix
some of the instability issues I had with 6.3.2 in production.

Please report any compile errors to pgsql-hackers ... it has been
tested on NetBSD, but I don't believe Irix has been tested...

// We plan to release PostgreSQL, version 6.4, within the next week.
//
// An announcement will be made as soon as it is ready. You can see the
// changes for this release on our web site at the bottom of the TODO list.
//
// We hope people will be able to upgrade within two weeks after its
// release, so we fix any problems and move on to the 6.5 release.
//
// 6.4 includes a pg_upgrade utility, that will allow upgrading without a
// dump/reload for 6.3.* users.
//
// --
// Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle
// maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000
// + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
// + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
//
//

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On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Chris Williams wrote:

A few weeks ago there was lots of messages about a port to WinNT of
postgres 6.4. Is this still the case and will it be available for
download? If not..is there any time frame when it will be.

The only report that comes to mind is one person saying that they
successfully compiled it out of the box, no changes to PostgreSQL sources,
usin gthe Cygwin stuff. He had to modify the cygwin setup slightly (add a
header file or two, I believe?), but other then that, compiled and ran out
of the box...

See the FAQ on the web site. The url points to a patch that needs to be
updated, because the pg_version change is no longer needed. He may have
already fixed that. I don't know.

-- 
  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://www.op.net/~candle
  maillist@candle.pha.pa.us            |  (610) 853-3000
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  830 Blythe Avenue
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026

Ummmm..let me rephrase the question. Will the WinNT port be distributed from the postgres site as
other versions are? Since you only need to compile it once since NT is NT....I was hoping that
someone would be maintaining it and updating the FTP site? Any comments?
Thanks
---------
Chris Williams
Sterling Software
Rome, New York
Phone: (315) 336-0500
Email: chris_d_williams@sterling.com
-----Original Message-----
From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Chris Williams <chris_d_williams@itd.sterling.com>
Cc: dustin sallings <dustin@spy.net>; Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>; PostgreSQL-general
<pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Upcoming 6.4 release issues - WinNT

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Chris Williams wrote:

Ummmm..let me rephrase the question. Will the WinNT port be
distributed from the postgres site as other versions are? Since you
only need to compile it once since NT is NT....I was hoping that
someone would be maintaining it and updating the FTP site? Any
comments?

If someone wishes to take responsibility for it, and maintain the binary,
I have no problems including it both on the CD and in the FTP site...

Thanks
---------
Chris Williams
Sterling Software
Rome, New York
Phone: (315) 336-0500
Email: chris_d_williams@sterling.com
-----Original Message-----
From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Chris Williams <chris_d_williams@itd.sterling.com>
Cc: dustin sallings <dustin@spy.net>; Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>; PostgreSQL-general
<pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Upcoming 6.4 release issues - WinNT

On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Chris Williams wrote:

A few weeks ago there was lots of messages about a port to WinNT of
postgres 6.4. Is this still the case and will it be available for
download? If not..is there any time frame when it will be.

The only report that comes to mind is one person saying that they
successfully compiled it out of the box, no changes to PostgreSQL sources,
usin gthe Cygwin stuff. He had to modify the cygwin setup slightly (add a
header file or two, I believe?), but other then that, compiled and ran out
of the box...

Thanks
Chris

The Hermit Hacker wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, dustin sallings wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

I'm sorry if this question is answered somewhere, but does 6.4
require C++? My main database boy doesn't have a C++ compiler, and I
don't plan on getting one for it any time in the near future.

This does not require C++ to compile, nor do I suspect it ever
will...I couldn't imagine the effort to go through to actually convert it
over to C++ :)

I tried a beta yesterday, and it compiled on 0/2 of the machines I
tried (NetBSD and IRIX). I'm really hoping this new version might fix
some of the instability issues I had with 6.3.2 in production.

Please report any compile errors to pgsql-hackers ... it has been
tested on NetBSD, but I don't believe Irix has been tested...

// We plan to release PostgreSQL, version 6.4, within the next week.
//
// An announcement will be made as soon as it is ready. You can see the
// changes for this release on our web site at the bottom of the TODO list.
//
// We hope people will be able to upgrade within two weeks after its
// release, so we fix any problems and move on to the 6.5 release.
//
// 6.4 includes a pg_upgrade utility, that will allow upgrading without a
// dump/reload for 6.3.* users.
//
// --
// Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle
// maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000
// + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
// + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
//
//

--
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pub 1024/3CAE01D5 1994/11/03 Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>
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L________________________________________ and America is watching TV. __

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org

Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org