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See attached for a minor documentation patch that more accurately reflects 

the current state of and the issues with PostgreSQL on Windows.

Thanks,
Jason

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How do I installing PostgreSQL on Windows NT or Windows 2000?
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$Date: 2001/03/16 22:12:13 $
$Date: 2001/04/03 18:14:39 $
1. Install the Cygwin package.
The Cygwin package provides a UNIX-like API on top of the Win32
API. It is available at <http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/>. At
the time of this writing, it is recommended to use either version
1.1.7 or the 1.3.x series. Version 1.1.8 contains a bug that will
prevent the server to work. Using older versions such as 1.0 or
B20 might require extra efforts.
1.1.7, a snapshot built after 2001/02/05 12:36:41, or the 1.3.x series
(when available). Version 1.1.8 contains a bug that will prevent the
server to work. Using older versions such as 1.0 or B20 might require
extra efforts.
2. Install the cygipc package, available at
<http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/>.
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Windows program directories, because the sort.exe has to be taken
from Cygwin, not Windows.
5. Start `ipc-daemon &' (background process) from the cygipc package.
5. Start ipc-daemon from the cygipc package. Use "net start ipc-daemon",
if ipc-daemon is installed as a service; otherwise, use "ipc-daemon &".
This program needs to be running anytime you start the PostgreSQL
server (postmaster).
6. Proceed according to the INSTALL file. (./configure; make; etc.)
NOTE: There are two issues with Cygwin's current UNIX domain socket
support:
NOTE: The following are known issues with PostgreSQL on Windows:
1. psql (and other clients) will hang if postmaster is not running and
the socket file (e.g., /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432) exists.
2. Cygwin's AF_UNIX sockets are really implemented as AF_INET sockets
1. Cygwin's AF_UNIX sockets are really implemented as AF_INET sockets
so they are inherently insecure.
2. make check can generate spurious regression test failures due to
overflowing the the listen() backlog queue which causes connection
refused errors.
Problem reports can be sent to <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org>.