Good news, I had the time to run make check and all 91 tests pass.

Jason

> 2.6.7 *almost* works, I still had to go in an add -lws2_32 in a few places
>
> (I've attached a configure which the ws2_32 added, it probably isn't the
> cleanest I haven't used autotools a great deal but it works)
>
> I did have to install a new version of grep (mingw uses an old version)
> and also mktemp which is not installed by mingw, both packages are
> available at http://gnuwin32.sf.net
>
> After these steps were done I was able to get a successful compile.  I
> haven't tested if it works yet but I will be doing so when I get back in
> to work Monday.
>
> On another note I'd be happy to provide mingw/win32 packages for the
> latest stable versions of PostgreSQL.
>
> Jason
>
>> On Thu, June 8, 2006 23:54, Sheets, Jason (Manpower Contract) wrote:
>>> Hi, attached is a copy of the config.log that fails upon failure to
>>> find
>>> select.
>>
>> Don't see anything really "wrong" in there.  I'm beginning to suspect
>> that
>> the socket headers of either MinGW or Windows itself redefine functions
>> like select() to different names, so just looking for a function
>> select()
>> in those socket libraries won't work.
>>
>> I think tometzky's patch hits the nail on the head: we need to link to
>> the
>> Windows socket libraries if they're available, without seeing that they
>> actually provide the functions we need.  (Actually it gets a bit more
>> complex when Windows compatibility environments like WINE are thrown
>> into
>> the mix, but I think the existing patch handles that correctly).
>>
>> I'm uploading a 2.6.7 pre-release that should fix this.  Could you try
>> it
>> and see if it solves the problem?
>>
>> The prerelease can be found at http://thaiopensource.org/~jtv/tmp/
>>
>>
>> Jeroen
>>
>>
>>
>


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