Re: Missing file is mentioned on page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/libpq-exec.html - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Missing file is mentioned on page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/libpq-exec.html
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Msg-id 2288763.1605050129@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Missing file is mentioned on page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/libpq-exec.html  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Missing file is mentioned on page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/libpq-exec.html  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Re: Missing file is mentioned on page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/libpq-exec.html  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 11:09:58AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Thinking about it from the perspective of someone dealing with an
>> installation tree not a source tree, maybe the reference should
>> be to "server/catalog/pg_type_d.h".  That might help disabuse
>> anyone who's expecting to find it at that path in the git tree.

> I am confused what the "server/" prefix means in a path name.

That is the path underneath the installation "include" directory
at which that file will be found.

> We currently say:

>     The <acronym>OID</acronym>s of the built-in data types are defined in
>     the file <filename>src/include/catalog/pg_type_d.h</filename> in the
>     source tree.

Yeah, so also s/source tree/install tree/.

            regards, tom lane



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