Re: Renaming conversion procs (was Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows)

2009-11-02 Thread Tom Lane
Magnus Hagander writes: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:54, Tom Lane wrote: >> [ rename some conversion libraries to shorten source path names ] > Seems like this would be a major PITA for packagers and end-user. If we actually wanted to back-patch it, I think the least painful way would be to twea

Re: Renaming conversion procs (was Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows)

2009-11-02 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 18:54, Tom Lane wrote: > Steve Atkins writes: >> I've also seen it with winzip. Again, ISTR that the exact limits were >> obscure but that restricting the path to less than 100 characters >> avoided any problems. > > Hmm.  It strikes me that the names seen by tar include "p

Renaming conversion procs (was Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows)

2009-11-02 Thread Tom Lane
Steve Atkins writes: > I've also seen it with winzip. Again, ISTR that the exact limits were > obscure but that restricting the path to less than 100 characters > avoided any problems. Hmm. It strikes me that the names seen by tar include "postgresql-x.y.z/". The only file paths that approach 10

Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows

2009-11-02 Thread Steve Atkins
On Nov 1, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Tom Lane wrote: Craig Ringer writes: On 2/11/2009 11:40 AM, Tom Lane wrote: src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/ euc_jis_2004_and_shift_jis_2004/euc_jis_2004_and_shift_jis_2004.c We have seen reports of certain versions of "tar" failing to extract this file fr

Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows

2009-11-02 Thread Tom Lane
"Bernard Grosperrin" writes: >> The problem with doing anything is that we have only a couple of reports >> and so no solid picture of what the restriction is. > If it help, I am using WinZip. And checking in the archive (now that I know > what to look for), I can see those 2 files are there! Hum

Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows

2009-11-02 Thread Bernard Grosperrin
>The problem with doing anything is that we have only a couple of reports >and so no solid picture of what the restriction is. If it help, I am using WinZip. And checking in the archive (now that I know what to look for), I can see those 2 files are there! Hum... Cost me quite a few hours. Re

Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows

2009-11-02 Thread Bernard Grosperrin
, Bernard -Message d'origine- De : Tom Lane [mailto:t...@sss.pgh.pa.us] Envoyé : lundi 2 novembre 2009 4:40 À : Bernard Grosperrin Cc : pgsql-general@postgresql.org Objet : Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows "Bernard Grosperrin" writes: > I have setup a bu

Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows

2009-11-01 Thread Tom Lane
Craig Ringer writes: > On 2/11/2009 11:40 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/euc_jis_2004_and_shift_jis_2004/euc_jis_2004_and_shift_jis_2004.c >> We have seen reports of certain versions of "tar" failing to extract >> this file from the source tarball, probably because it

Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows

2009-11-01 Thread Craig Ringer
On 2/11/2009 11:40 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > "Bernard Grosperrin" writes: >> I have setup a build environment on Windows 7 32 bits, with Visual Studio >> 2005. Took me a while to get all the bits and parts working, but I finally >> went through it. Only problem, I get 2 LINK errors: >> fatal error LIN

Re: [GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows

2009-11-01 Thread Tom Lane
"Bernard Grosperrin" writes: > I have setup a build environment on Windows 7 32 bits, with Visual Studio > 2005. Took me a while to get all the bits and parts working, but I finally > went through it. Only problem, I get 2 LINK errors: > fatal error LINK 1104: cannot open file > '.\Release\utf8_an

[GENERAL] Error on compile for Windows

2009-11-01 Thread Bernard Grosperrin
Hello, this is the first time I post on this list. I have setup a build environment on Windows 7 32 bits, with Visual Studio 2005. Took me a while to get all the bits and parts working, but I finally went through it. Only problem, I get 2 LINK errors: fatal error LINK 1104: cannot open file '.\Rel