On 6/2/21 4:58 PM, Mark Dilger wrote: > >> On Jun 2, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: >> >> <short-version-comments.patch> > It's not the fault of your patch, but the docs seem to be misleading in ways > that your comments don't fix. (Or perhaps my Windows knowledge is just too > lacking to realize why these instructions are ok?) > > Prior to where your patch makes changes, the docs say, "If you are building > PostgreSQL for Microsoft Windows, read this chapter if you intend to build > with MinGW or Cygwin". I think going on to tell the users to use `su` is a > bit odd. Does that exist in standard MinGW and Cygwin environments? I > thought "run as" was the Windows option for this. >
Yes, good point. We should fix that. Yes, "runas" is a sort of su. There's no adduser either. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
