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Update docs on building for Windows to accomodate current reality.
Document how to build 64 bit Windows binaries using the MinGW64 tool set.Remove recommendation against using Mingw as a build platform.Be more specific about when Cygwin is useful and when it's not, inparticular note its usefulness for running psql, andadd a note about building on Cygwin in non-C locales.Per recent discussions.
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‎doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml

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<productname>Cygwin</productname> uses the normal build system, see
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<xref linkend="installation"> and the specific notes in
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<xref linkend="installation-notes-mingw"> and <xref linkend="installation-notes-cygwin">.
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These builds cannot generate 64-bit binaries.
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<productname>Cygwin</productname> is not recommended and should
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only be used for older versions of <productname>Windows</productname> where
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To produce native 64 bit binaries in these environments, use the tools from
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<productname>Mingw64</productname>. These tools can also be used to
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cross-compile for 32 bit and 64 bit <productname>Windows</productname>
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targets on other hosts, such as <productname>Linux</productname> and
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<productname>Darwin</productname>.
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<productname>Cygwin</productname> is not recommended for running a
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production server, and it should only be used for running on
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older versions of <productname>Windows</productname> where
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the native build does not work, such as
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<productname>Windows 98</productname>. <productname>MinGW</productname> is
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only recommended if you are building other modules using it. The official
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<productname>Windows 98</productname>. The official
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binaries are built using <productname>Visual Studio</productname>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Native builds of <application>psql</application> don't support command
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line editing. The <productname>Cygwin</productname> build does support
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command line editing, so it should be used where psql is needed for
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interactive use on <productname>Windows</productname>.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="install-windows-full">
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<title>Building with <productname>Visual C++</productname> or the
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<productname>Platform SDK</productname></title>

‎doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml

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PostgreSQL can be built using Cygwin, a Linux-like environment for
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Windows, but that method is inferior to the native Windows build
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<![%standalone-ignore[(see <xref linkend="install-windows">)]]> and
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is no longer recommended.
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running a server under Cygwinis no longer recommended.
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Building might fail on some systems where a locale other than
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C is in use. To fix this, set the locale to C by doing
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<command>export LANG=C.utf8</command> before building, and then
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setting it back to the previous setting, after you have installed
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PostgreSQL.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<para>
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The parallel regression tests (<literal>make check</literal>)
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creating the binaries.
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<para>
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To build 64 bit binaries using MinGW, install the 64 bit tool set
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from <ulink url="http://www.mingw64.org/"></ulink>, put its bin
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directory in the <envar>PATH</envar>, and run
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<command>configure</command> with the
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<command>--host=x86_64-w64-mingw</command> option.
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</para>
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After you have everything installed, it is suggested that you
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run <application>psql</application>

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