> On Oct 18, 2024, at 4:05 PM, Mark Hill <mark.h...@sas.com> wrote: > > I just downloaded the Postgresql 17.0 and the extracted directory > postgresql-17.0/src/tools does not contain > the “msvc” directory as it has since I’ve been building Postgres 12, 14, and > 16. How am I supposed to build > PostgreSQL for Windows now? I’m not sure what msvc_gendef.pl does. How do > we build Postgres for Windows > using Visual Studio? >
You’ll want to use meson to build PG. See the docs here: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/installation-platform-notes.html#INSTALLATION-NOTES-VISUAL-STUDIO 17.7. Platform-Specific Notes postgresql.org > Thanks, Mark