[postgis-devel] WKT Raster: Why having to compile PostgreSQL&PostGIS first?

[Pierre Racine]

>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> make[4]: Entering directory
>> `/wktrasterdevel/postgresql-8.3.5/src/backend/access/common' gcc -O2
>> -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline
>> -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing
>> -fwrapv -I../../../../src/include -I./src/include/port/win32
>> -DEXEC_BACKEND  "-I../../../../src/include/port/win32" -DBUILDING_DLL
>>  -c -o printtup.o printtup.c In file included from
>>
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/security.h:38,
>>  from ../../../../src/include/libpq/libpq-be.h:50, from
>> ../../../../src/include/libpq/libpq.h:21, from printtup.c:19:
>> c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../../include/sspi.h:60:
>> error: syntax error before "SECURITY_STRING"
>
>Googling for the error message confirms this is a known bug and small
>fix is explained here:
>
>http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-02/msg00092.php

Thanks. However if I can live with a released version of PostgreSQL,
I'll be happy.

>> So following your suggestion that "There is no need to build
>> PostgreSQL" I installed 8.3.6...
>>
>> Can I compile Geos with gcc? Or I have to use VC?
>
>GEOS can be build with both. However, I have no idea if you can safely
>mix binaries built with MinGW and Visual C++.
>
>> ./configure doesn't seems to be an option.
>
>Why?

racinep at DESROCHERSA-02 /wktrasterdevel/geos/trunk
$ ./configure
sh: ./configure: No such file or directory

racinep at DESROCHERSA-02 /wktrasterdevel/geos/trunk
$ autogen

Autogen hang without doing anything...

Pierre