From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Kevin Burke <kevin@meter.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:30:48 -0400
Message-ID: <2442122.1630625448@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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Kevin Burke <kevin@meter.com> writes:
> I'm attempting to get started with Postgres development. I checked out the
> Postgres git sources from https://github.com/postgres/postgres. The README
> notes:
>> See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
>> PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and
>> hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
>> software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
>> system.
> Unfortunately this file doesn't exist in the sources.
Indeed, it's built documentation. But you should have read the
adjacent file README.git instead.
regards, tom lane
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