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Date:	Wed, 18 Oct 2000 11:56:11 -0400
From:	Jason Tishler <Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com>
To:	"Reimer, Fred" <Fred DOT Reimer AT Eclipsys DOT com>
Cc:	Peter Eisentraut <peter_e AT gmx DOT net>, Bruce Momjian <pgman AT candle DOT pha DOT pa DOT us>,
	Cygwin <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, pgsql-ports AT postgresql DOT org
Subject:	Re: [PORTS] [PATCH]: Building PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on Cygwin 1.1.4 (T ake 2)
Message-ID:	<20001018115611.A1018@dothill.com>
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In-Reply-To:	<B34839947C5FD2118D9100A0C9D5DE4305235F89@atl-nt-ex1.eclipsnet.com>; from Fred.Reimer@Eclipsys.com on Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:23:38PM -0400
Organization:	Dot Hill Systems Corp.

Fred,

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:23:38PM -0400, Reimer, Fred wrote:
> Stupid question, but why not?  If someone is going to install the latest and
> greatest version of PostgreSQL why would it be unreasonable to expect them
> to install the latest and greatest Cygwin also?

I feel likewise but I do not have a (large) base of users/systems that are
running Cygwin 1.0 or b20.  Those who do will most likely feel otherwise.

> I would hope
> that "production" use of PostgreSQL was done on a "production" box and that
> only the cygwin dll was necessary and not the whole cygwin programming
> environment.

You are correct, only the Cygwin DLL is needed.

> In that case, I don't see what would be the big deal with
> requiring/providing a newer version of cygwin and "breaking" compatability
> with old versions.

Unfortunately, two different version of the Cygwin DLL can not coexist
on the same system.  So, if some app needs the b20 DLL and PostgreSQL
needs the 1.1.4 DLL you are SOL.

Jason

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