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* [PATCH v3] 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 | 41 +++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 05b77ec8e6..5a900da0a3 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -354,32 +354,37 @@ su - postgres <title>Getting the Source</title> <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 - 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: + The version control repository for <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> + can be obtained from + <ulink url="https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=summary"></ulink;; + this is the recommended way to obtain the + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source code. + You can obtain a clone of the repository by running <screen> -<userinput>gunzip postgresql-&version;.tar.gz</userinput> -<userinput>tar xf postgresql-&version;.tar</userinput> +<userinput>git clone https://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git</userinput; +</screen> + This will create a directory <filename>postgresql</filename> under the current + directory with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources. + Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure. + See <xref linkend="git"/> for further information. + </para> + + <para> + Alternatively, + the released versions can be obtained from the download section of our + 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: +<screen> +<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. Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure. </para> - - <para> - You can also get the source directly from the version control repository, see - <xref linkend="sourcerepo"/>. - </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="install-procedure"> -- 2.30.2 --cukfwqd3x2sookv2-- ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 1+ messages in thread
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