From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] INSTALL/install.sgml file
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 21:36:36 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200006070136.VAA24270@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006062126070.17370-100000@localhost.localdomain>
> I think the installation instructions should say "If you are upgrading
> from an existing installation, read the Administrator's Guide for backing
> and restoring your data." The said guide contains a chapter discussing
> these issues in detail (or at least it contains a chapter on it and we
> should add some detail :). This sort of thing can't be replaced by three
> sentences.
>
> Just the other day I griped about the fact that the installation
> instructions are in fact a chapter of the administrator's guide, which
> breaks the internal and external organization and the flow of information
> of both the installation instructions and the administrator's guide.
Can we refer people to that section for more information?
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