Thread: where is the postmaster executable in the win nt distribution ?
hi all, i'm trying to get postgresql 7.0 running. the manual says that i have to start the postmaster process first. but in my bin directory there is no postmaster executable or script! (do i have to compile it myself?) i use the binary version : postgresql-7.0-nt-binaries.tar.gz thanks for help, christian thrum
Christian,
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 03:23:20PM +0100, Christian Thrum wrote:
> i'm trying to get postgresql 7.0 running. the manual says that i have to
> start the postmaster
> process first. but in my bin directory there is no postmaster executable or
> script!
postmaster is a symlink to postgres. Under Cygwin, you should have the
following:
$ ls -l /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster
lrw-r--r-- 1 jt Domain U 23 Dec 28 12:33 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -> postgres.exe
> (do i have to compile it myself?)
You should probably build all of PostgreSQL yourself. While you are at
it, I suggest using 7.1beta5 or later (i.e., CVS) since they work better
under Cygwin.
> i use the binary version : postgresql-7.0-nt-binaries.tar.gz
What is the above? That is, from where did you get it?
Jason
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Christian, If you get to the point where you run PostgreSQL/postmaster as an NT service via the 'srvany' or 'invoker' wrappers, you'll have to copy postgres.exe to postmaster.exe rather than using a symlink. That's because the wrappers don't understand Cygwin symlinks, and the executable has to be named 'postmaster' for it to start up in that mode. A hard link in NTFS might work, but I haven't tried it. -- Fred Yankowski fred@OntoSys.com tel: +1.630.879.1312 Principal Consultant www.OntoSys.com fax: +1.630.879.1370 OntoSys, Inc 38W242 Deerpath Rd, Batavia, IL 60510, USA
Christian,
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 10:26:44PM +0100, Christian Thrum wrote:
> can i use cygwin-gcc to build postgresql?
Yes, PostgreSQL 7.1beta4 or later builds OOTB under Cygwin. It is as
simple as configure, make, make install.
You may find the following helpful although it is a little out of date:
http://people.freebsd.org/~kevlo/postgres/portNT.html
> > > i use the binary version : postgresql-7.0-nt-binaries.tar.gz
> >
> > What is the above? That is, from where did you get it?
>
> ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/binary/v7.0/NT/
>
> i guess that the archive contained the symlinks, but winzip didn't show them....
Do *not* use WinZip to untar because it will not preserve symlinks.
Note that this a general Cygwin recommendation and is not specific to
PostgreSQL.
Jason
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Jason Tishler
Director, Software Engineering Phone: +1 (732) 264-8770 x235
Dot Hill Systems Corp. Fax: +1 (732) 264-8798
82 Bethany Road, Suite 7 Email: Jason.Tishler@dothill.com
Hazlet, NJ 07730 USA WWW: http://www.dothill.com
Jason Tishler wrote: > > > (do i have to compile it myself?) > > You should probably build all of PostgreSQL yourself. While you are at > it, I suggest using 7.1beta5 or later (i.e., CVS) since they work better > under Cygwin. > can i use cygwin-gcc to build postgresql? > > i use the binary version : postgresql-7.0-nt-binaries.tar.gz > > What is the above? That is, from where did you get it? > ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/binary/v7.0/NT/ i guess that the archive contained the symlinks, but winzip didn't show them.... christian thrum