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Update the installation instructions (formerly misnamed "FAQ"), add configure checks for some headers rather than having users copy stubs manually (ugh!). Use Autoconf check for exe extension. This also avoids inheriting the value of $(X) from the environment.
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Installing PostgreSQL on Windows NT or Windows 2000
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$Date: 2000/09/27 15:17:53 $
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1. Install the Cygwin package.
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The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32
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API. It is available at <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/>.
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The 1.1.x series is recommended (1.1.4 was the latest at the time
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of this writing); using 1.0 or B20 might require extra efforts.
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For B20 you also need to download the separate crypt library at the
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same location.
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2. Install the cygipc package, available at
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<http://cygutils.netpedia.net/V1.1/cygipc/>. Do not use versions
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prior to 1.04, they will not work.
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3. Optional: The "Andy Piper Tools" at <http://www.xemacs.freeserve.co.uk/>
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are a collection of pre-compiled libraries and utilities that you
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might find useful -- especially on Cygwin B20.
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4. The Cygwin bin directory has to be placed in the path before the
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Windows program directories, because the sort.exe has to be taken
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from Cygwin, not Windows.
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5. Start `ipc-daemon &' (background process) from the cygipc package.
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This program needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL
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server (postmaster).
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6. Proceed according to the INSTALL file. (./configure; make; etc.)
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NOTE: By default, PostgreSQL clients like psql communicate using Unix
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domain sockets, which do not work on Windows. Start the postmaster
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with -i, and when connecting to the database from a client, set the
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PGHOST environment variable to `localhost' or supply the hostname on
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the command line.
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Problem reports can be sent to <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org>.
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