diff --git a/doc/README.NT b/doc/README.NT
index 7af9930f17..76e214a94c 100644
--- a/doc/README.NT
+++ b/doc/README.NT
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ It can be done by done by typing configure, make and make install.
 1. Download the Cygwin32 IPC Package by Ludovic LANGE 
    http://www.multione.capgemini.fr:80/tools/pack_ipc/current.tar.gz
 2. Untar the package and follow the readme instructions.
-3. Apply the patch from the file.
+3. Apply the patch pgsql/src/win32/ipc.patch to the CygWin32 sources
+   before compiling CygWin32.
 4. I tested 1.03.
 5. I used the \cygwin-b20\h-i568-cygwin32\i586-cygwin32\lib and
 \cygwin-b20\h-i568-cygwin32\i586-cygwin32\include\sys instead of the
@@ -78,169 +79,3 @@ environment variable to 'localhost' or supply the hostname on the
 command line.
 
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-
-FIX FOR POSTGRESQL FREEZING ON NT MACHINES - EVERYONE SHOULD APPLY THIS PATCH
-
-
-From: "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>
-To: "Horak Daniel" <horak@mmp.plzen-city.cz>, "'Tom Lane'" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
-Subject: RE: [HACKERS] backend freezeing on win32 fixed (I hope ;-) ) 
-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 08:45:28 +0900
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-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
-> [mailto:owner-pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org]On Behalf Of Horak Daniel
-> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:06 PM
-> To: 'Tom Lane'
-> Cc: 'pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org'
-> Subject: RE: [HACKERS] backend freezeing on win32 fixed (I hope ;-) )
-
-Yutaka Tanida [yutaka@marin.or.jp] and I have examined IPC
-library.
-
-We found that postmaster doesn't call exec() after fork() since v6.4.
-
-The value of static/extern variables which cygipc library holds may
-be different from their initial values when postmaster fork()s child
-backend processes.
-
-I made the following patch for cygipc library on trial.
-This patch was effective for Yutaka's test case.
-
-Regards.
-
-Hiroshi Inoue
-Inoue@tpf.co.jp
-
-*** sem.c.orig	Tue Dec 01 00:16:25 1998
---- sem.c	Tue Aug 17 13:22:06 1999
-***************
-*** 58,63 ****
---- 58,78 ----
-  static int		  GFirstSem	 = 0;		/*PCPC*/
-  static int		  GFdSem	    ;		/*PCPC*/
-
-+ static pid_t	GProcessId = 0;
-+
-+ static void	init_globals(void)
-+ {
-+ 	pid_t pid;
-+
-+ 	if (pid=getpid(), pid != GProcessId)
-+ 	{
-+ 		GFirstSem = 0;
-+ 		used_sems = used_semids = max_semid = 0;
-+ 		sem_seq = 0;
-+ 		GProcessId = pid;
-+ 	}
-+ }
-+
-  /************************************************************************/
-  /* Demande d'acces a la zone partagee de gestion des semaphores		*/
-  /************************************************************************/
-***************
-*** 77,82 ****
---- 92,98 ----
-  {
-      int LRet ;
-
-+ 	init_globals();
-      if( GFirstSem == 0 )
-      {
-  	if( IsGSemSemExist() )
-*** shm.c.orig	Tue Dec 01 01:04:57 1998
---- shm.c	Tue Aug 17 13:22:27 1999
-***************
-*** 59,64 ****
---- 59,81 ----
-  static int		  GFirstShm	 = 0;		/*PCPC*/
-  static int		  GFdShm	    ;		/*PCPC*/
-
-+ /*****************************************/
-+ /*	Initialization of static variables   */
-+ /*****************************************/
-+ static pid_t GProcessId = 0;
-+ static void init_globals(void)
-+ {
-+ 	pid_t pid;
-+
-+ 	if (pid=getpid(), pid != GProcessId)
-+ 	{
-+ 		GFirstShm = 0;
-+ 		shm_rss = shm_swp = max_shmid = 0;
-+ 		shm_seq = 0;
-+ 		GProcessId = pid;
-+ 	}
-+ }
-+
-  /************************************************************************/
-  /* Demande d'acces a la zone partagee de gestion des shm		*/
-  /************************************************************************/
-***************
-*** 82,87 ****
---- 99,105 ----
-  {
-   int LRet ;
-
-+  init_globals();
-   if( GFirstShm == 0 )
-   {
-    if( IsGSemShmExist() )
-*** msg.c.orig	Tue Dec 01 00:16:09 1998
---- msg.c	Tue Aug 17 13:20:04 1999
-***************
-*** 57,62 ****
---- 57,77 ----
-  static int		  GFirstMsg	 = 0;		/*PCPC*/
-  static int		  GFdMsg	    ;		/*PCPC*/
-
-+ /*****************************************/
-+ /*	Initialization of static variables   */
-+ /*****************************************/
-+ static pid_t GProcessId = 0;
-+ static void init_globals(void)
-+ {
-+ 	pid_t pid;
-+
-+ 	if (pid=getpid(), pid != GProcessId)
-+ 	{
-+ 		GFirstMsg = 0;
-+ 		msgbytes = msghdrs = msg_seq = used_queues = max_msqid = 0;
-+ 		GProcessId = pid;
-+ 	}
-+ }
-  /************************************************************************/
-  /* Demande d'acces a la zone partagee de gestion des semaphores		*/
-  /************************************************************************/
-***************
-*** 79,84 ****
---- 94,100 ----
-  {
-   int LRet ;
-
-+  init_globals();
-   if( GFirstMsg == 0 )
-   {
-    if( IsGSemMsgExist() )
-
-
-
-