New developer papercut - Makefile references INSTALL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tim McNamara
Subject New developer papercut - Makefile references INSTALL
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Msg-id 730dae39-abaa-4140-893b-95d732fed003@www.fastmail.com
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Re: New developer papercut - Makefile references INSTALL
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Hello,

I encountered a minor road bump when checking out the pg source today. The Makefile's all target includes the following
helpmessage if GNUmakefile isn't available: 
 

  echo "You need to run the 'configure' program first. See the file"; \
  echo "'INSTALL' for installation instructions." ; \

After consulting README.git, it looks as though INSTALL isn't created unless the source is bundled into a release or
snapshottarball. I'm happy to submit a patch to update the wording, but wanted to check on the preferred approach.
 

Perhaps this would be sufficient?

  echo "You need to run the 'configure' program first. See the file"; \
  echo "'INSTALL' for installation instructions, or visit" ; \
  echo "<https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/installation.html>" ; \

-Tim



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