pre-vcbuild win32 install docs incorrect - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Magnus Hagander
Subject pre-vcbuild win32 install docs incorrect
Date
Msg-id 45C30064.6030501@hagander.net
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Responses Re: pre-vcbuild win32 install docs incorrect  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
List pgsql-patches
This patch fixes a really bad recommendation that's not been removed
from the client-only installation instructions. We removed this
recommendation as of 8.1, but it's still included in the documentation :-(

Please consider back-patching this into the 8.1 and 8.2 version of the
documentation, as it's something we really don't want people to do.

I came across this while looking at how to update that documentation to
deal with the new VC++ build stuff. I can't quite decide on how to do
that yet - do people have any strong opinions on if the new vcbuild
stuff should go in the documentation proper, or stay in
src/tools/msvc/README?


//Magnus
Index: doc\src\sgml/install-win32.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: c:/prog/cvsrepo/pgsql/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -c -r1.29 install-win32.sgml
*** doc\src\sgml/install-win32.sgml    16 Sep 2006 00:30:14 -0000    1.29
--- doc\src\sgml/install-win32.sgml    2 Feb 2007 09:07:48 -0000
***************
*** 106,115 ****
   </para>

   <para>
!   The only file that really needs to be installed is the
!   <filename>libpq.dll</filename> library.  This file should in most
!   cases be placed in the <filename>WINNT\SYSTEM32</filename> directory
!   (or in <filename>WINDOWS\SYSTEM</filename> on a Windows 95/98/ME
    system).  If this file is installed using a setup program, it should
    be installed with version checking using the
    <symbol>VERSIONINFO</symbol> resource included in the file, to
--- 106,116 ----
   </para>

   <para>
!   Normally you do not need to install any of the client files. You should
!   place the <filename>libpq.dll</filename> file in the same directory
!   as your applications .EXE-file. Only if this is for some reason not
!   possible should you install it in the <filename>WINNT\SYSTEM32</filename>
!   directory (or in <filename>WINDOWS\SYSTEM</filename> on a Windows 95/98/ME
    system).  If this file is installed using a setup program, it should
    be installed with version checking using the
    <symbol>VERSIONINFO</symbol> resource included in the file, to

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