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From: Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 23:23:21 -0700
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Subject: Re: Problem linking with Release library
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>,
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Hi,

On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 6:04=E2=80=AFPM David G. Johnston
<david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> So then I thought about creating MSVC project for building libpq as a de=
pendency. All I need is to produce a basic default build of both Debug and =
Release builds of libpq only. No server and no ther software needed. Prefer=
 to build version 17.4.
>
>
>  https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=3Dpostgresql.git;a=3Dcommit;h=3D130=
1c80b2167feb658a738fa4ceb1c23d0991e23
>
> You seem to have put yourself into cutting edge PostgreSQL territory whil=
e remaining firmly old-school on the OS side of things=E2=80=A6not usually =
a good place to find oneself.
>
> My LLM guided understanding is your likely 9.6 tool path was removed in f=
avor of meson back in 2023.  But meson itself is still working out the roug=
h edges for stuff like a defined target for a libpq-only build and install.

I think CMake would be better.
At the very least its cross-platform and its much more stable...

But that's fine.

Is there any official docs on how to build the library and what to install?

Thank you.

>
> There is no guarantee or real attempt to keep modern supported versions r=
unning on software obsoleted before they even came into existence.  You may=
 or may not be able to finagle make/meson to do what you are attempting and=
 the desire to help is limited.  You may wish to consult an LLM of your cho=
ice for assistance.  For something like this they can be very helpful with =
little downside.
>
> David J.
>