Re: BUG #5250: Tutorial examples(pre-compiled) not present with precompiled binary version of PostgreSQL. - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Ashish Anand
Subject Re: BUG #5250: Tutorial examples(pre-compiled) not present with precompiled binary version of PostgreSQL.
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In response to Re: BUG #5250: Tutorial examples(pre-compiled) not present with precompiled binary version of PostgreSQL.  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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I think they just have to be there. Preferably in the form of raw code - as
documentation mentions.

--Ashish.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > Tom Lane escribi=F3:
> >> It looks to me like the unmodified Makefile builds the .sql files
> >> on the assumption they will be used *in the source tree*.  So basically
> >> no installer could use that as-is anyway.
>
> > Sounds like something that should be fixed upstream, if someone is
> > sufficiently interested.
>
> First thing we'd have to figure out is what behavior we want instead.
> There are at least two places in the manual that actually say these
> files are in the source tree, so it's not just a minor coding detail.
>
> (In fact, I think at least part of the intention is to have the user
> learn how to build functions from source, so possibly the right question
> to ask is why *should* these be shipped in binary builds?)
>
>                        regards, tom lane
>

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