From 60b282fd260f4c7fa42af438a555b3df7dd7dd47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:54:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Put back old MS FAQ> --- doc/FAQ_MSWIN | 102 +++++++++++++--------------------- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MSWIN.html | 109 ------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 173 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MSWIN.html diff --git a/doc/FAQ_MSWIN b/doc/FAQ_MSWIN index ffd008561c..f4760824f4 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_MSWIN +++ b/doc/FAQ_MSWIN @@ -1,67 +1,41 @@ -* You can get the most recent version of this from -* http://people.freebsd.org/~kevlo/postgres/portNT.html. +How do I installing PostgreSQL on Windows NT or Windows 2000? +============================================================= +$Date: 2001/01/22 22:54:07 $ -* Problem reports can be sent to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org. +1. Install the Cygwin package. -How do I install the PostgreSQL server on Windows NT or Windows 2000? -===================================================================== + The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32 + API. It is available at . + The 1.1.x series is recommended (1.1.7 was the latest at the time + of this writing); using 1.0 or B20 might require extra efforts. + For B20 you also need to download the separate crypt library at the + same location. - Porting PostgreSQL to Windows 2000 installation procedures - - Thanks to Daniel Horak, JasonTishler ,Joost Kraaijeveld and Pete - Formanfor their helps. - Without them, I cannot port Postgres to Windows 2000 successfully. - ______________________________________________________________________ - - * Install the lastest verion(1.1.5) of Cygwin - - 1. Click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the - http://sources.redhat.com/cygwinwebpage. - This downloads setup.exe to your system. - 2. Run setup and answer all of the questions. Please - choose a mirror sitefor your download. - * Install Charles Wilson's Cygwin32 IPC package - - 1. Download the precompiled binary - http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/cygipc- - 1.07-1.tar.gzin"/" directory. - 2. tar zxvf cygipc-1.07-1.tar.gz - * Install PostgreSQL 7.0.3 - - 1. Download PostgreSQL 7.0.3 sourcecode in /usr/src. - 2. tar zxvf postgresql-7.0.3.tar.gz - 3. mkdir -p /usr/local/pgsql/{bin,include,lib,data} - 4. cd /usr/src/postgresql-7.0.3/src/win32 - 5. cp endian.h /usr/include - cp tcp.h /usr/include/netinet - 6. Apply Jason Tishler's patches in - /usr/src/postgresql-7.0.3, then run 'patch -p1 . + Do not use versions prior to 1.04, they will not work. + +3. Optional: The "Andy Piper Tools" at + are a collection of pre-compiled libraries and utilities that you + might find useful -- especially on Cygwin B20. + +4. The Cygwin bin directory has to be placed in the path before the + Windows program directories, because the sort.exe has to be taken + from Cygwin, not Windows. + +5. Start `ipc-daemon &' (background process) from the cygipc package. + This program needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL + server (postmaster). + +6. Proceed according to the INSTALL file. (./configure; make; etc.) + +NOTE: There are two issues with Cygwin's current UNIX domain socket +support: + +1. psql (and other clients) will hang if postmaster is not running and + the socket file (e.g., /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432) exists. + +2. Cygwin's AF_UNIX sockets are really implemented as AF_INET sockets + so they are inherently insecure. + +Problem reports can be sent to . diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MSWIN.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MSWIN.html deleted file mode 100644 index 46786255d2..0000000000 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MSWIN.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,109 +0,0 @@ - - - - - - - - Porting PostgreSQL to Windows 2000 procedures - - -* You can get the most recent version of this from -http://people.freebsd.org/~kevlo/postgres/portNT.html. -

-* Problem reports can be sent to pgsql-ports@postgresql.org. -

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Porting PostgreSQL to Windows 2000 installation procedures

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-Thanks to Daniel Horak, -JasonTishler ,Joost Kraaijeveld -and Pete Formanfor -their helps.
-Without them, I cannot port Postgres to Windows 2000 successfully.
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  • Install the lastest verion(1.1.5) of Cygwin
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-            1. -Click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the -http://sources.redhat.com/cygwinwebpage.
-                 -This downloads setup.exe to your system.
-            2. -Run setup and answer all of the questions. Please choose a mirror sitefor -your download. -
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  • Install Charles Wilson's Cygwin32 IPC package
    • -
-            1. -Download the precompiled binary -http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/cygipc-1.07-1.tar.gzin"/" directory. -
-            2. -tar zxvf cygipc-1.07-1.tar.gz -
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  • Install PostgreSQL 7.0.3
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-            1. -Download PostgreSQL 7.0.3 -sourcecode in /usr/src.
-            2. -tar zxvf postgresql-7.0.3.tar.gz
-            3. -mkdir -p /usr/local/pgsql/{bin,include,lib,data}
-            4. -cd /usr/src/postgresql-7.0.3/src/win32
-            5. -cp endian.h /usr/include
-                 -cp tcp.h /usr/include/netinet
-              6. Apply -Jason Tishler's -patches  in /usr/src/postgresql-7.0.3, then run 'patch -p1 <patch.diff'. -
-                  Note that -some browsers convert the patch to a text mode file (i.e., CRNL line endings) -
-              during the save operation -which causes patch    to reject all hunks.
-              7. cd /usr/src/postgresql-7.0.3/src, -then run './configure'
-             8. make; make install
-             9. cp/usr/local/pgsql/lib/pq.dll -/usr/local/pgsql/bin
-           10. Usingany editor to create .bashrc -in / directory as belows:
-                  -PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/usr/local/bin
-                  -PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
-                  -PGLIB=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
-                  -LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib:/usr/local/lib
-                  -export LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH PGDATA PGLIB
-           11. source/.bashrc, then run 'initdb' -
-                 -Note that the owner of the DB system have to be different from root/administrator -
-           12. Editthe file /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf, -such as: -

                 -host        all     -163.17.11.109   255.255.255.0   trust

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          13. ipc-daemon&
-           14. postmaster-i&
-           15. Run' psql -h host_name template1'. -It's easy, huh :-)
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