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Our MingW FAQ appears to be seriously out of date. Couple of fixes: we

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want to direct MSI downloads to main download site, NT4 not supported
anymore, msvc build env in progress, pgsql-hackers-win32 is no more.

Magnus Hagander
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The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools. There
is also a precompiled binary installer called pginstaller which you
can download from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. It is a
fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
can find at from http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. It is a
fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW. The
ready-made instlaler files are available on the main PostgreSQL ftp
servers in the binary/win32 directory.
Tools for Building Binaries
The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft operating
system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
points needed for symlinks.) Earlier operating systems do not have
sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires MinGW and
Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/. MinGW is a
Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems. Msys is a
collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like
configure. Neither is required to run the resulting binaries; they
are needed only for creating the binaries. We have no intention of
supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
burdensome.
system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4 is
no longer supported since version 8.2) Earlier operating systems do
not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the port also requires
MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from http://www.mingw.org/.
MinGW is a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating
systems. Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell
scripts like configure. Neither is required to run the resulting
binaries; they are needed only for creating the binaries. Work is in
progress to support building using Visual C++ in a future version.
Steps For Building Binaries
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If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
and send it to the mailing list.
Access
The mailing list for discussion is pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org.
You can subscribe by sending an email body containing the word
subscribe to pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org.
Resources
There are several resources that helped us complete this port:

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<p>The native Win32 port is built from source using MinGW tools.&nbsp;
There is also a precompiled binary installer called <span
style="font-style: italic;">pginstaller</span> which you can download
style="font-style: italic;">pginstaller</span> which you can find at
from <a href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</a>.&nbsp;
It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.<br>
It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like MinGW.
The ready-made instlaler files are available on the main PostgreSQL ftp servers
in the binary/win32 directory.
<br>
</p>
<h2>Tools for Building Binaries<br>
</h2>
<p> The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft
operating
system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows XP. (NT 4
doesn't support tablespaces because it doesn't support the junction
points needed for symlinks.)&nbsp; Earlier
is no longer supported since version 8.2)&nbsp; Earlier
operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure. Building the
port also
requires MinGW and Msys, which can be downloaded from <a
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a Unix-like build environment for Microsoft operating systems.
Msys is a collection of unix tools required to run shell scripts like <i>configure.&nbsp;
</i>Neither is required to run the resulting binaries;&nbsp; they are
needed only for creating the binaries.&nbsp; We have no intention
of supporting Visual C; their build environment is just too different
from Unix, and maintenance of such a build environment would be too
burdensome.<br>
needed only for creating the binaries.&nbsp; Work is in progress to support
building using Visual C++ in a future version.<br>
</p>
<h2>Steps For Building Binaries<br>
</h2>
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If you make a change that you want to contribute, make a context diff
and send
it to the mailing list. <br>
<h2>Access</h2>
The mailing list for discussion is
<i>pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org</i>. You can subscribe by sending
an email body containing the word <i>subscribe</i> to <i><a
href="mailto:pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org">pgsql-hackers-win32-request@postgresql.org</a></i>.<br>
<h2>Resources</h2>
There are several resources that helped us complete this port:<br>
<ul>