Re: mkid reference - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: mkid reference
Date
Msg-id 20210126175827.GC32305@momjian.us
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In response to Re: mkid reference  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: mkid reference  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 05:03:30PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 4:38 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 01:07:36PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > There's also src/tools/make_mkid which use this mkid tool.  +1 for removing.
> > > > If anything, it seems better replaced by extended documentation on the existing
> > > > wiki article [0] on how to use "git format-patch".
> > >
> > > I found man pages for mkid online --- it's apparently a ctags-like
> > > code indexing tool, not something for patches.  So maybe Bruce still
> > > uses it, or maybe not.  But as long as we've also got make_ctags and
> >
> > Yes, I do still use it, so I thought having a script to generate its
> > index files might be helpful to someone.
> 
> Where do you actually get it? The old docs (now removed) suggested
> getting it off ftp.postgresql.org...

Not sure why it was on our ftp site, since it is a GNU download:

    https://www.gnu.org/software/idutils/

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