function if the OS doesn't provide one.

configure under native Windows (MinGW that is), but you won't get very far
compiling yet.  The dynaloader files are from Jan Wieck's patch set.

problems in applications that may have a large number of files open,
such that libpq's socket number exceeds the range supported by fd_set.
From Chris Brown.

separate macro.  Also add support for %I64d which is the way on Windows.

The code that checks for the 64-bit int type now gives more reasonable
results when cross-compiling: In that case we just take the compiler's
information and trust that the arithmetic works.  Disabling int64 is too
pessimistic.

of the socket file and socket lock file; this should prevent both of them
from being removed by even the stupidest varieties of /tmp-cleaning
script.  Per suggestion from Giles Lean.

RELEASE_CHANGES.

Manfred Koizar

interfaces.

if the OS supports it.  Code will still compile on non-IPv6-aware
machines (feature added by Bruce).

Nigel Kukard

it took 'em this long to realize it's needed...)

postgresql version 7.3, but yea... this patch adds full IPv6
support to postgres. I've tested it out on 7.2.3 and has
been running perfectly stable.

CREDITS:
 The KAME Project  (Initial patch)
 Nigel Kukard  <nkukard@lbsd.net>
 Johan Jordaan  <johanj@lando.co.za>

configuration.

usually anyway.

referring to "multibyte" where it really means character encoding.