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* "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout
@ 2021-09-02 23:24 Kevin Burke <kevin@meter.com>
2021-09-02 23:30 ` Re: "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Kevin Burke @ 2021-09-02 23:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Hi,
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.
Commit 0bcc2beb4a8e27c407da7d247083937261b60071 removed it, and the message
says it gets built as part of the "tarball scripts" now.
Given that people who have the git source are more likely to try to get
started building the source code, it may be helpful to provide more useful
information in the README, or a backup location to look?
Thanks for your help,
Kevin
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* Re: "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout
2021-09-02 23:24 "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout Kevin Burke <kevin@meter.com>
@ 2021-09-02 23:30 ` Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
2021-09-03 02:48 ` Re: "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout Kevin Burke <kevin@meter.com>
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tom Lane @ 2021-09-02 23:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kevin Burke <kevin@meter.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
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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* Re: "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout
2021-09-02 23:24 "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout Kevin Burke <kevin@meter.com>
2021-09-02 23:30 ` Re: "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
@ 2021-09-03 02:48 ` Kevin Burke <kevin@meter.com>
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From: Kevin Burke @ 2021-09-03 02:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>; +Cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Aha, thank you and sorry.
On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 4:30 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> 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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