Thread: Re: [HACKERS] doc troubles.
> > > > What version of tar understands how to ungzip a .gz file? > > > > Is this what the 'z' flag is for? > > gnu tar supports the 'z' flag to uncompress and untar at the same > time... This sucks. As a group that seems to not like GNU (or at least their license), we require enough of their tools to compile/install postgres. Off to see the wizard at the gnu ftp site... > > Untar'd and installed them manually...look good, Thomas. Nice work. > > Ya, I've built the Solaris packages with PGDOC set to > $POSTGRESDIR/doc, so that the docs are part of the one package...:) Is that what $POSTDOCDIR is for in the Makefile.global? Would this be a candidate for "--doc-prefix=" to be added to configure? I'd like to be able to put the html docs under my web root instead of the postgres root dir. darrenk
> > > What version of tar understands how to ungzip a .gz file?
> > >
> > > Is this what the 'z' flag is for?
> >
> > gnu tar supports the 'z' flag to uncompress and untar at the same
> > time...
>
> This sucks. As a group that seems to not like GNU (or at least their
> license), we require enough of their tools to compile/install postgres.
>
> Off to see the wizard at the gnu ftp site...
Quit whining and send in some patches :) I hacked those makefiles at the end
of a 10 hour push to get the docs wrapped up. The best thing that could be
said for them is that they seemed to work on my machine (and I guess on
postgresql.org now that I think about it).
Could we just replace the "tar zxf" with "uncompress ... | tar xf"? Does
anyone else have a strong opinion on (or experience with) makefiles for the
postgres distribution who want to help Darren get out from under the gnu
usage??
- Tom
On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Darren King wrote:
> > >
> > > What version of tar understands how to ungzip a .gz file?
> > >
> > > Is this what the 'z' flag is for?
> >
> > gnu tar supports the 'z' flag to uncompress and untar at the same
> > time...
>
> This sucks. As a group that seems to not like GNU (or at least their
> license), we require enough of their tools to compile/install postgres.
Actually, I have nothing against GNU...its the GPL that I don't
like :) Big big difference...
> Is that what $POSTDOCDIR is for in the Makefile.global? Would this be
> a candidate for "--doc-prefix=" to be added to configure? I'd like to
> be able to put the html docs under my web root instead of the postgres
> root dir.
Actually, I had to edit the Makefile in the doc directory directly
to get it to install where I wanted...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
> > Is that what $POSTDOCDIR is for in the Makefile.global? Would this be
> > a candidate for "--doc-prefix=" to be added to configure? I'd like to
> > be able to put the html docs under my web root instead of the postgres
> > root dir.
>
> Actually, I had to edit the Makefile in the doc directory directly
> to get it to install where I wanted...
It looks for Makefile.global->Makefile.custom, in which you could put
PGDOCS= /your/favorite/docs/location
but I'm sure it could stand some changes. Didn't know there was a POSTDOCDIR
already defined :(
- Tom
> Could we just replace the "tar zxf" with "uncompress ... | tar xf"? Does > anyone else have a strong opinion on (or experience with) makefiles for the > postgres distribution who want to help Darren get out from under the gnu > usage?? I have gnzip, but no GNU tar, so tar zxf doesn't work. Maybe gunzip ... | tar xf. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)