Well. I now have the compiler etc but am having difficulty building PostgreSQL. I got the source and unzipped it.
I then tried to make it using the GNU make and the GNUMakefile.in I get an error saying that the file /src/makefile.global doesn't exist. It really doesn't. However, there is a file called makefile.global.in - is this the same file? I tried copying the file with a name change but then I started to run into other problems. src/Makefile.global:285: src/Makefile.port: No such file or directory (ENOENT) make.exe: *** No rule to make target `src/Makefile.port'. Stop. I am obviously doing something real stupid. What is it? Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Jeroen T. Vermeulen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 12:43 PM To: Jonathan Blitz Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [libpqxx-general] FW: Setup in Windows 2000 On Wed, May 3, 2006 23:23, Jonathan Blitz wrote: > Am I correct that downloading and building the source is not connected to > actually installing PostgreSQL itself? You are. It is not. PostgreSQL itself is the server, which need not run on the same machine that client programs run on--nor does it even need to be the same version. libpq is the client library. You'll find this in the same package as the server, but all you really need to run C-based client programs is this library file. The same goes for libpqxx since it builds on top of libpq. > Either way I am going to have to wait a couple more days until I get my > copy > of VS 2005. > I still have V 6.0 and I understand that it is not supported. Right. A lot of effort went into it, but it just had too many problems. More recent versions are much better. > For some reason, you cannot build DLLs with VC++ 2005 Express Edition. Well, if you don't feel like waiting, it should be possible to use the static (.lib) version of libpq, and similarly, build only a static version of libpqxx. Another advantage of doing that is that you don't need to install any libraries to get your program to run on a new machine. Jeroen -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 4/28/2006 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 04/28/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.3/331 - Release Date: 05/03/2006 _______________________________________________ Libpqxx-general mailing list [email protected] http://gborg.postgresql.org/mailman/listinfo/libpqxx-general
