On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:15:05AM +0000, Dave Page wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave Page wrote: > > > Yes, because newer builds may be linked against updated runtime > > > versions. We need to be sure the installer will upgrade the file so it > > > definitely matches any runtimes (or other dependencies) that we're > > > also installing/upgrading. > > > > If it is so very important to update this file for every build, why are we > > shipping it in the distribution tarball, which is done under the assumption > > that it never has to be updated? Something doesn't fit here. > > That I can't answer.
It is to make it possible to build libpq "the old way" using nmake or borland c++ - not requiring mingw or the perl stuff in src/tools/msvc. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
