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Our MingW FAQ appears to be seriously out of date. Couple of fixes: we
want to direct MSI downloads to main download site, NT4 not supportedanymore, msvc build env in progress, pgsql-hackers-win32 is no more.Magnus Hagander
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‎doc/FAQ_MINGW‎

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

‎doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_MINGW.html‎

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

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