Re: Port for Microsoft Services for Unix (SFU) or SUA

2009/12/28 Josh Rovero <rovero@sonalysts.com>:
> Has anyone built postgresql (or just libpq.a) on Windows SFU/SUA?
> Would prefer to not reinvent any wheels....

Not that I know of.


> We have a number of Unix/Linux applications that are also compiled
> under Microsoft Windows SFU 3.5.  We need to have a SFU-compatible
> libpq.a, not a complete install.  The regular Unix/Linux or
> Win32 postgresql database runs fine, these apps just need to connect.

Can't you use the native win32 libpq.dll? IIRC I read somewhere that
it's possible, at least in fairly recent versions, to call regular
Win32 DLLs from an interix process. (But I can't recall where I read
that...)

If that can be done, it's most likely the by far easiest way...


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