Re: instructions are useful, but lacking

[email protected] schrieb:
> Just read the cygwin/postgresql install instructions, located at 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_CYGWIN .
>  
> These were very useful, but seemingly incomplete. After some frustration 
> followed by googling, we found the right answers here:
>   http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-162095
>  
> Basically before you run /usr/sbin/cygserver, you need to:
> a) set CYGWIN = server environment variable
> b) run cygserver-config
>  
> and then continue your instructions with 3a) on the above referenced FAQ 
> page.
>  
> Thanks for this wonderful tool, and making it work with CYGWIN. Its 
> presence has been extremely useful for our development efforts.

As the cygwin postgres docs say the FAQ_CYGWIN is hopelessly outdated. 
(though it got better lately)

less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgres*.README

are the official cygwin instructions. on the cygwin side, not upstream.
-- 
Reini Urban
http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/

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