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Sign the bundled PostgreSQL binaries in the Windows build
dpage Aug 27, 2026
d2e2607
Use SHA-256 file digests, and sign in a single signtool invocation
dpage Aug 27, 2026
27f8c01
Fail the Windows build when signing or verification fails
dpage Aug 27, 2026
84f9edc
Also sign the Kerberos components
dpage Aug 27, 2026
42cbf56
Document the Windows build as it is actually done
dpage Aug 27, 2026
8b60b02
Correct the README on why Kerberos is downloaded separately
dpage Aug 27, 2026
7868795
Ship the Kerberos libraries that libpq links against from PG18 on
dpage Aug 27, 2026
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92 changes: 71 additions & 21 deletions Make.bat
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Expand Up @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ CALL :CLEAN || EXIT /B 1
CALL :CREATE_VIRTUAL_ENV || EXIT /B 1
CALL :CREATE_PYTHON_ENV || EXIT /B 1
CALL :CREATE_RUNTIME_ENV || EXIT /B 1
CALL :SIGN_COMPONENTS || EXIT /B 1
CALL :GENERATE_SBOM || EXIT /B 1
CALL :CREATE_INSTALLER || EXIT /B 1
CALL :VERIFY_SIGNATURE || EXIT /B 1
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -53,8 +54,8 @@ REM Main build sequence Ends
:SET_ENVIRONMENT
ECHO Configuring the environment...
IF "%PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR%" == "" SET "PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR=C:\Python314"
IF "%PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR%" == "" SET "PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR=C:\Program Files\MIT\Kerberos"
IF "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%" == "" SET "PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR=C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17"
IF "%PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR%" == "" SET "PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR=C:\build64\krb5"
IF "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%" == "" SET "PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR=C:\build64\postgresql"
IF "%PGADMIN_INNOTOOL_DIR%" == "" SET "PGADMIN_INNOTOOL_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Inno Setup 6"
IF "%PGADMIN_VCREDIST_DIR%" == "" SET "PGADMIN_VCREDIST_DIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Redist\MSVC\14.40.33807"
IF "%PGADMIN_VCREDIST_FILE%" == "" SET "PGADMIN_VCREDIST_FILE=vc_redist.x64.exe"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ REM Main build sequence Ends

IF NOT EXIST "%PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR%" (
ECHO !PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR! does not exist.
ECHO Please install MIT Kerberos for Windows and set the PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR environment variable.
ECHO Please install MIT Kerberos for Windows, from the winpgbuild project or
ECHO elsewhere, and set the PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR environment variable.
EXIT /B 1
)

Expand All @@ -139,7 +141,8 @@ REM Main build sequence Ends

IF NOT EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%" (
ECHO !PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR! does not exist.
ECHO Please install PostgreSQL and set the PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR environment variable.
ECHO Please install PostgreSQL, from the winpgbuild project or elsewhere, and
ECHO set the PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR environment variable.
EXIT /B 1
)

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -322,20 +325,6 @@ REM Main build sequence Ends
%TMPDIR%\rcedit-x64.exe "%BUILDROOT%\runtime\pgAdmin4.exe" --set-version-string "ProductName" "%APP_NAME%"
%TMPDIR%\rcedit-x64.exe "%BUILDROOT%\runtime\pgAdmin4.exe" --set-product-version "%APP_VERSION%"

IF NOT "%PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC%" == "" (
ECHO Attempting to sign the pgAdmin4.exe...
CALL "%PGADMIN_SIGNTOOL_DIR%\signtool.exe" sign /sm /n "%PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC%" /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td sha256 /fd sha1 /v "%BUILDROOT%\runtime\pgAdmin4.exe"
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
ECHO.
ECHO ************************************************************
ECHO * Failed to sign the pgAdmin4.exe
ECHO ************************************************************
PAUSE
)
) ELSE (
ECHO Skipping code signing ^(PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC is not set^)...
)

ECHO Staging PostgreSQL components...
COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\libpq.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1
COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\libcrypto-*-x64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1
Expand All @@ -345,8 +334,16 @@ REM Main build sequence Ends
IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\liblz4.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\liblz4.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\libzstd.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\libzstd.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\zlib1.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1
REM From PostgreSQL 18, libpq is built with gssapi support and loads the
REM Kerberos libraries below. They are absent from earlier builds.
IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\gssapi64.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\gssapi64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\krb5_64.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\krb5_64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\comerr64.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\comerr64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\k5sprt64.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\k5sprt64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\krbcc64.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\krbcc64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\xpprof64.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\xpprof64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Fail the build when a present PostgreSQL DLL cannot be copied.

These IF EXIST branches do not check the COPY result. If a copy fails, CREATE_RUNTIME_ENV continues and can publish a runtime without a DLL required by PostgreSQL 18+ libpq.dll for GSSAPI/Kerberos support. Wrap each conditional copy in a block and exit when COPY fails.

Proposed fix 
-    IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\gssapi64.dll" COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\gssapi64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul
+    IF EXIST "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\gssapi64.dll" (
+        COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\gssapi64.dll" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1
+    )

Apply the same pattern to all six DLLs.

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In `@Make.bat` around lines 339 - 344, Update each conditional copy for the six
PostgreSQL DLLs in CREATE_RUNTIME_ENV to use a block that checks the COPY
command’s result and exits with failure when a present DLL cannot be copied;
preserve the existing IF EXIST behavior and apply the same handling consistently
to gssapi64.dll, krb5_64.dll, comerr64.dll, k5sprt64.dll, krbcc64.dll, and
xpprof64.dll.

COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\pg_dump.exe" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1
COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\pg_dumpall.exe" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1L%
COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\pg_dumpall.exe" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1
COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\pg_restore.exe" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1
COPY "%PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR%\bin\psql.exe" "%BUILDROOT%\runtime" > nul || EXIT /B 1

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -377,7 +374,7 @@ REM Main build sequence Ends

ECHO Creating windows installer using INNO tool...
IF NOT "%PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC%" == "" (
CALL "%PGADMIN_INNOTOOL_DIR%\ISCC.exe" "%WD%\pkg\win32\installer.iss" "/SpgAdminSigntool=%PGADMIN_SIGNTOOL_DIR%\signtool.exe sign /sm /n $q%PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC%$q /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td sha256 /fd sha1 /v $f" || EXIT /B 1
CALL "%PGADMIN_INNOTOOL_DIR%\ISCC.exe" "%WD%\pkg\win32\installer.iss" "/SpgAdminSigntool=%PGADMIN_SIGNTOOL_DIR%\signtool.exe sign /sm /n $q%PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC%$q /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td sha256 /fd sha256 /v $f" || EXIT /B 1
) ELSE (
CALL "%PGADMIN_INNOTOOL_DIR%\ISCC.exe" "%WD%\pkg\win32\installer.iss" || EXIT /B 1
)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -411,11 +408,64 @@ REM Main build sequence Ends
ECHO ************************************************************
ECHO * Failed to verify signature of the installer
ECHO ************************************************************
PAUSE
EXIT /B 1
)

EXIT /B 0


REM Sign one or more files, passed as quoted arguments. Signing is done in a
REM single signtool invocation as the hardware token prompts for a PIN on the
REM first signature of a session.
:SIGN_FILES
IF "%PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC%" == "" EXIT /B 0

CALL "%PGADMIN_SIGNTOOL_DIR%\signtool.exe" sign /sm /n "%PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC%" /tr http://timestamp.digicert.com /td sha256 /fd sha256 /v %*
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
ECHO.
ECHO ************************************************************
ECHO * Failed to sign one or more files
ECHO ************************************************************
EXIT /B 1
)

EXIT /B 0

REM Sign the components that we build ourselves: the runtime executable, and
REM the PostgreSQL and Kerberos utilities and libraries obtained from the
REM winpgbuild project. The Electron, Python and VC++ runtime components are
REM deliberately left alone, as they are third party binaries that we do not
REM build, and signing them would replace any signature of their own. Names
REM are matched as patterns as some of the libraries include version numbers,
REM and some of them are optional.
:SIGN_COMPONENTS
IF "%PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC%" == "" (
ECHO Skipping code signing ^(PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC is not set^)...
EXIT /B 0
)

ECHO Attempting to sign the pgAdmin, PostgreSQL and Kerberos components...

SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
SET "COMPONENTS="
FOR %%p IN (pgAdmin4.exe libpq.dll libcrypto-*-x64.dll libssl-*-x64.dll libintl-*.dll libiconv-*.dll liblz4.dll libzstd.dll zlib1.dll gssapi64.dll krb5_64.dll comerr64.dll k5sprt64.dll krbcc64.dll xpprof64.dll pg_dump.exe pg_dumpall.exe pg_restore.exe psql.exe) DO (
FOR /F "delims=" %%f IN ('DIR /B "%BUILDROOT%\runtime\%%p" 2^>nul') DO SET "COMPONENTS=!COMPONENTS! "%BUILDROOT%\runtime\%%f""
)
FOR %%p IN (kinit.exe krb5_64.dll comerr64.dll k5sprt64.dll gssapi64.dll) DO (
FOR /F "delims=" %%f IN ('DIR /B "%BUILDROOT%\python\%%p" 2^>nul') DO SET "COMPONENTS=!COMPONENTS! "%BUILDROOT%\python\%%f""
)
IF "!COMPONENTS!" == "" (
ECHO.
ECHO ************************************************************
ECHO * No components were found to sign
ECHO ************************************************************
ENDLOCAL
EXIT /B 1
)
CALL :SIGN_FILES !COMPONENTS! || EXIT /B 1
ENDLOCAL

EXIT /B 0

:USAGE
ECHO Invalid command line options.
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Expand Up @@ -158,16 +158,23 @@ takes some effort to setup.

It is therefore recommended that you simply download a pre-built set of
PostgreSQL binaries from the
[winpgbuild project](https://github.com/dpage/winpgbuild/actions/workflows/postgresql.yml).
Locate the binaries asset for the version of PostgreSQL you wish to use
in the most recent workflow run, and extract the contents to a suitable
directory such as `C:\Build64`.

Repeat the process with the latest build of
[MIT Kerberos](https://github.com/dpage/winpgbuild/actions/workflows/krb5.yml),
merging the files into the same set of directories. This is required because
the PostgreSQL build doesn't include Kerberos (gssapi) support as it uses
native SSPI instead.
[winpgbuild project](https://github.com/dpage/winpgbuild/releases). Download the
`postgresql-<version>-latest.zip` asset for the version of PostgreSQL you wish
to use, along with `krb5-latest.zip`, and unpack both of them into `C:\build64`.
MIT Kerberos is packaged separately and is needed in addition to the PostgreSQL
binaries, as pgAdmin ships `kinit` and the Kerberos runtime libraries to support
Kerberos authentication of its own. Note that PostgreSQL 17 and earlier are
built without gssapi support on Windows, which cannot be enabled alongside
OpenSSL before PostgreSQL 18.

That will leave you with `C:\build64\postgresql` and `C:\build64\krb5`, which are
the directories the build system looks in by default. The same binaries are also
published as artifacts of the
[PostgreSQL](https://github.com/dpage/winpgbuild/actions/workflows/postgresql.yml)
and
[MIT Kerberos](https://github.com/dpage/winpgbuild/actions/workflows/krb5.yml)
workflow runs, although those are only retained for ninety days, so the releases
are usually the easier option.

## Setting up a dev environment

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -200,8 +207,9 @@ desktop runtime.

1. Set the required environment variables, either system-wide, or in a Visual
Studio 2017 (or 2022 with PostgreSQL 17+) 64bit command prompt. Note that the
examples shown below are the defaults for the build system, so if they match
your requirements you don't need to set them. For PostgreSQL 16 and below:
PostgreSQL 17 and later examples shown below are the defaults for the build
system, so if they match your requirements you don't need to set them. For
PostgreSQL 16 and below:

SET "PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR=C:\build64\pgsql"
SET "PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR=C:\Python314"
Expand All @@ -213,20 +221,28 @@ your requirements you don't need to set them. For PostgreSQL 16 and below:

For PostgreSQL 17 and later:

SET "PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR=C:\build64"
SET "PGADMIN_POSTGRES_DIR=C:\build64\postgresql"
SET "PGADMIN_PYTHON_DIR=C:\Python314"
SET "PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR=C:\build64"
SET "PGADMIN_KRB5_DIR=C:\build64\krb5"
SET "PGADMIN_INNOTOOL_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Inno Setup 6"
SET "PGADMIN_SIGNTOOL_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x64"
SET "PGADMIN_VCREDIST_DIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Redist\MSVC\14.40.33807"
SET "PGADMIN_VCREDIST_FILE=vc_redist.x64.exe"

2. Run:
2. If you have a code signing certificate and wish to use it, set
`PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC` to its subject name. The certificate must be present in
the machine certificate store, along with a working link to its private key:

make
SET "PGADMIN_WINDOWS_CSC=Your Certificate Subject Name"

The executables and libraries that we build ourselves will then be signed,
as will the installer and the uninstaller. If the variable is left unset,
the build completes as normal without signing anything.

If you have a code signing certificate, this will automatically be used if
found in the Windows Certificate Store to sign the installer.

3. Run:

make


3. Find the completed installer in the dist/ subdirectory of your source tree.
4. Find the completed installer in the dist/ subdirectory of your source tree.
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