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Subject: Re: mingw.org fails to load anything of value
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2021 09:47:08 -0400
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On 4/4/21 9:30 AM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 4/3/21 7:01 AM, PG Doc comments form wrote:
>> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>>
>> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/installation-platform-notes.html
>> Description:
>>
>> 16.7.4. MinGW/Native Windows refers to the site http://www.mingw.org which
>> for me loads a blank page
>
> Checking it out this morning, it went to a domain parking page.
>
> Going off of Wikipedia[1], it seems that this is the project page:
>
> https://mingw.osdn.io/
>
> It gets better. The HTTPS link to mingw-w64.org has a cert invalid
> error, though the HTTP link works fine.
>
> So I guess we need a few updates. I could propose a patch in a few moments.
Diving deeper while updating the links, I stumbled across this note:
"The MinGW.org web‑site is undergoing an overhaul, whilst in the process
of transferring to a new hosting provider. During this transitional
phase, some pages may be temporarily unavailable."[1]
So it appears this is part of a migration.
Anyway, here is a patch updating the URLs.
Jonathan
[1] https://mingw.osdn.io/index.html?page=docs.html
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
index 64687b12e6..9ae8bb50ca 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ $ENV{MSBFLAGS}="/m";
<para>
Both <productname>Bison</productname> and <productname>Flex</productname>
are included in the <productname>msys</productname> tool suite, available
- from <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS"></ulink; as part of the
+ from <ulink url="https://mingw.osdn.io"></ulink; as part of the
<productname>MinGW</productname> compiler suite.
</para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 66ad4ba938..e9d433233b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ build-postgresql:
<filename>configure</filename> will check for the required
header files and libraries to make sure that your
<productname>OpenSSL</productname> installation is sufficient
- before proceeding.
+ before proceeding.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2455,14 +2455,14 @@ xcrun --show-sdk-path
those). MinGW, the Unix-like build tools, and MSYS, a collection
of Unix tools required to run shell scripts
like <command>configure</command>, can be downloaded
- from <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/"></ulink;. Neither is
+ from <ulink url="https://mingw.osdn.io"></ulink;. Neither is
required to run the resulting binaries; they are needed only for
creating the binaries.
</para>
<para>
To build 64 bit binaries using MinGW, install the 64 bit tool set
- from <ulink url="https://mingw-w64.org/"></ulink;, put its bin
+ from <ulink url="http://mingw-w64.org"></ulink;, put its bin
directory in the <envar>PATH</envar>, and run
<command>configure</command> with the
<command>--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32</command> option.
Attachments:
[text/plain] mingw.patch (2.0K, 2-mingw.patch)
download | inline diff:
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
index 64687b12e6..9ae8bb50ca 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ $ENV{MSBFLAGS}="/m";
<para>
Both <productname>Bison</productname> and <productname>Flex</productname>
are included in the <productname>msys</productname> tool suite, available
- from <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS"></ulink> as part of the
+ from <ulink url="https://mingw.osdn.io"></ulink> as part of the
<productname>MinGW</productname> compiler suite.
</para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 66ad4ba938..e9d433233b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ build-postgresql:
<filename>configure</filename> will check for the required
header files and libraries to make sure that your
<productname>OpenSSL</productname> installation is sufficient
- before proceeding.
+ before proceeding.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2455,14 +2455,14 @@ xcrun --show-sdk-path
those). MinGW, the Unix-like build tools, and MSYS, a collection
of Unix tools required to run shell scripts
like <command>configure</command>, can be downloaded
- from <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/"></ulink>. Neither is
+ from <ulink url="https://mingw.osdn.io"></ulink>. Neither is
required to run the resulting binaries; they are needed only for
creating the binaries.
</para>
<para>
To build 64 bit binaries using MinGW, install the 64 bit tool set
- from <ulink url="https://mingw-w64.org/"></ulink>, put its bin
+ from <ulink url="http://mingw-w64.org"></ulink>, put its bin
directory in the <envar>PATH</envar>, and run
<command>configure</command> with the
<command>--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32</command> option.
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