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* [PATCH v2] Improve installation instructions a bit @ 2021-07-13 17:06 Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 1+ messages in thread From: Alvaro Herrera @ 2021-07-13 17:06 UTC (permalink / raw) Reported-by: Daniel Westermann Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/GV0P278MB04835AAEACF894617574EB6BD25A9@GV0P278MB0483.CHEP278.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM --- doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 05b77ec8e6..005d84af3b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -356,19 +356,17 @@ su - postgres <para> The <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> &version; sources can be obtained from the download section of our - website: <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"></ulink;. You + website: <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/"></ulink;. You should get a file named <filename>postgresql-&version;.tar.gz</filename> - or <filename>postgresql-&version;.tar.bz2</filename>. After - you have obtained the file, unpack it: + or <filename>postgresql-&version;.tar.bz2</filename>. + (For the version currently in development, the file is named + <filename>postgresql-snapshot.tar.bz2</filename> and resides in + <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/snapshot/dev/"></ulink;; + but using the version control repository, below, is recommended.) + After you have obtained the file, unpack it: <screen> -<userinput>gunzip postgresql-&version;.tar.gz</userinput> -<userinput>tar xf postgresql-&version;.tar</userinput> +<userinput>tar xfa postgresql-&version;.tar.gz</userinput> </screen> - (Use <command>bunzip2</command> instead of <command>gunzip</command> if - you have the <filename>.bz2</filename> file. Also, note that most - modern versions of <command>tar</command> can unpack compressed archives - directly, so you don't really need the - separate <command>gunzip</command> or <command>bunzip2</command> step.) This will create a directory <filename>postgresql-&version;</filename> under the current directory with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources. -- 2.30.2 --cukfwqd3x2sookv2 Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="v3-0001-Improve-installation-instructions-a-bit.patch" ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 1+ messages in thread
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