The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools. There
is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you
- can download from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. It is a
- fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
+ can find at from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. It is a
+ fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW. The
+ ready-made instlaler files are available on the main PostgreSQL ftp
+ servers in the binary/win32 directory.
Tools for Building Binaries
The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft operating
- system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
- doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
- points needed for symlinks.) Earlier operating systems do not have
- sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires MinGW and
- Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/. MinGW is a
- Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems. Msys is a
- collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like
- configure. Neither is required to run the resulting binaries; they
- are needed only for creating the binaries. We have no intention of
- supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
- from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
- burdensome.
+ system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4 is
+ no longer supported since version 8.2) Earlier operating systems do
+ not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires
+ MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/.
+ MinGW is a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating
+ systems. Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell
+ scripts like configure. Neither is required to run the resulting
+ binaries; they are needed only for creating the binaries. Work is in
+ progress to support building using Visual C++ in a future version.
Steps For Building Binaries
If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
and send it to the mailing list.
-Access
-
- The mailing list for discussion is pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org.
- You can subscribe by sending an email body containing the word
- subscribe to pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org.
-
Resources
There are several resources that helped us complete this port:
<p>The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.
There is also a precompiled binary installer called <span
- style="font-style: italic;">pginstaller</span> which you can download
+ style="font-style: italic;">pginstaller</span> which you can find at
from <a href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</a>.
-It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.<br>
+It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
+The ready-made instlaler files are available on the main PostgreSQL ftp servers
+in the binary/win32 directory.
+<br>
</p>
<h2>Tools for Building Binaries<br>
</h2>
<p> The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft
operating
system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
-doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
-points needed for symlinks.) Earlier
+is no longer supported since version 8.2) Earlier
operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the
port also
requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from <a
a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems.
Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like <i>configure.
</i>Neither is required to run the resulting binaries; they are
-needed only for creating the binaries. We have no intention
-of supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
-from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
-burdensome.<br>
+needed only for creating the binaries. Work is in progress to support
+building using Visual C++ in a future version.<br>
</p>
<h2>Steps For Building Binaries<br>
</h2>
If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
and send
it to the mailing list. <br>
-<h2>Access</h2>
-The mailing list for discussion is
-<i>pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org</i>. You can subscribe by sending
-an email body containing the word <i>subscribe</i> to <i><a
- href="mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org">pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org</a></i>.<br>
<h2>Resources</h2>
There are several resources that helped us complete this port:<br>
<ul>