Re: BUG #19404: manpages are missing in 18.x source.tar.gz

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From: Marcel Hofstetter <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: BUG #19404: manpages are missing in 18.x source.tar.gz
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:44:56 +0100
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> 
> Are you working with somebody's modified version of the PG
> distribution? 

No. source download from yesterday.

I use the follow docbook.

-bash-5.1$ export 
XML_CATALOG_FILES="/export/home/marcel/docbook-xsl-ns-1.79.1/catalog.xml 
/etc/xml/catalog"

A clean build fails as follows

-bash-5.1$ gmake man
gmake -C doc man
gmake[1]: Entering directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc'
gmake -C src man
gmake[2]: Entering directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc/src'
gmake -C sgml man
gmake[3]: Entering directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc/src/sgml'
{ \
   echo "<!ENTITY version \"18.2\">"; \
   echo "<!ENTITY majorversion \"18\">"; \
} > version.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./mk_feature_tables.pl YES 
../../../src/backend/catalog/sql_feature_packages.txt 
../../../src/backend/catalog/sql_features.txt > features-supported.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./mk_feature_tables.pl NO 
../../../src/backend/catalog/sql_feature_packages.txt 
../../../src/backend/catalog/sql_features.txt > features-unsupported.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./generate-errcodes-table.pl 
../../../src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt > errcodes-table.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./generate-keywords-table.pl . > keywords-table.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./generate-targets-meson.pl targets-meson.txt 
generate-targets-meson.pl > targets-meson.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' 
../../../src/backend/utils/activity/generate-wait_event_types.pl --docs 
../../../src/backend/utils/activity/wait_event_names.txt
/usr/bin/xmllint --nonet --path . --path . --output postgres-full.xml 
--noent --valid postgres.sgml
/usr/bin/xsltproc --nonet --path . --path . --stringparam pg.version 
'18.2'  stylesheet-man.xsl postgres-full.xml
Note: namesp. add : added namespace before processing 
PostgreSQL 18.2 Documentation
Element div in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element div in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element div in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element acronym in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
touch man-stamp
for file in man1/*.1; do sed -e '/^\.TH/s/"7"/"5sql"/' -e 
's/\\fR(7)/\\fR(5)/g' -e '1s/^\.so man7/.so 
man5/g;1s/^\(\.so.*\)\.7$/\1.5sql/g' $file >fixedman/man1/`basename 
$file` || exit; done
Can't open man1/*.1
gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:250: fixed-man-stamp] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc/src/sgml'
gmake[2]: *** [Makefile:8: man] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc/src'
gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:16: man] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc'
gmake: *** [GNUmakefile:27: man] Error 2




It works well with the old default Solaris docbook

-bash-5.1$ ls -l /usr/share/sgml/docbook/ | grep xsl-style
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          22 May 27  2024 xsl-stylesheets -> 
xsl-stylesheets-1.75.2
drwxr-xr-x  23 root     sys           27 May 27  2024 xsl-stylesheets-1.75.2

-bash-5.1$ unset XML_CATALOG_FILES

-bash-5.1$ gmake man
gmake -C doc man
gmake[1]: Entering directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc'
gmake -C src man
gmake[2]: Entering directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc/src'
gmake -C sgml man
gmake[3]: Entering directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc/src/sgml'
{ \
   echo "<!ENTITY version \"18.2\">"; \
   echo "<!ENTITY majorversion \"18\">"; \
} > version.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./mk_feature_tables.pl YES 
../../../src/backend/catalog/sql_feature_packages.txt 
../../../src/backend/catalog/sql_features.txt > features-supported.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./mk_feature_tables.pl NO 
../../../src/backend/catalog/sql_feature_packages.txt 
../../../src/backend/catalog/sql_features.txt > features-unsupported.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./generate-errcodes-table.pl 
../../../src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt > errcodes-table.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./generate-keywords-table.pl . > keywords-table.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' ./generate-targets-meson.pl targets-meson.txt 
generate-targets-meson.pl > targets-meson.sgml
'/usr/bin/perl' 
../../../src/backend/utils/activity/generate-wait_event_types.pl --docs 
../../../src/backend/utils/activity/wait_event_names.txt
/usr/bin/xmllint --nonet --path . --path . --output postgres-full.xml 
--noent --valid postgres.sgml
/usr/bin/xsltproc --nonet --path . --path . --stringparam pg.version 
'18.2'  stylesheet-man.xsl postgres-full.xml
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
Element sup in namespace '' encountered in td, but no template matches.
touch man-stamp
for file in man1/*.1; do sed -e '/^\.TH/s/"7"/"5sql"/' -e 
's/\\fR(7)/\\fR(5)/g' -e '1s/^\.so man7/.so 
man5/g;1s/^\(\.so.*\)\.7$/\1.5sql/g' $file >fixedman/man1/`basename 
$file` || exit; done
for file in man3/*.3; do sed -e '/^\.TH/s/"7"/"5sql"/' -e 
's/\\fR(7)/\\fR(5)/g' -e '1s/^\.so man7/.so 
man5/g;1s/^\(\.so.*\)\.7$/\1.5sql/g' $file >fixedman/man3/`basename 
$file` || exit; done
for file in man7/*.7; do sed -e '/^\.TH/s/"7"/"5sql"/' -e 
's/\\fR(7)/\\fR(5)/g' -e '1s/^\.so man7/.so 
man5/g;1s/^\(\.so.*\)\.7$/\1.5sql/g' $file >fixedman/man5/`basename 
$file | sed s/\.7$/.5sql/` || exit; done
gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc/src/sgml'
gmake[2]: Leaving directory 
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc/src'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-18.2/doc'

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