[postgis-users] Compiling PostGIS on windows

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 10:38 -0500, Obe, Regina wrote:
> Is it still necessary to compile the PostgreSQL tree first to compile
> PostGIS?  I thought enhancements in PostgreSQL 8.1 allowed for building
> contribs just against the header files or PGXS files, but I haven't seen
> any documentation to that effect.
> 
> Thanks,
> Regina 


Hi Regina,

The answer is "maybe". For the Win32 installers, I have a separate
PostgreSQL source tree with lots of debugging options enabled to help
capture any bugs found running the regression tests. So as I don't build
in this way, I'm afraid you'll just have to try it and see. My feeling
is that it should work, but you may have issues converting between
MingW/Windows paths.


Kind regards,

Mark.