Thread: old warning in docs
Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a while, do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer? <caution> <para> Changing <varname>PG_CONFIG</varname> only works when building against <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>8.3 or later. With older releases it does not work to set it to anything except <literal>pg_config</>; you must alter your <varname>PATH</> to select the installation to build against. </para> </caution> cheers andrew
On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 07:51:44AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a > while, do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer? > > <caution> > <para> > Changing <varname>PG_CONFIG</varname> only works when building > against <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.3 or later. > With older releases it does not work to set it to anything except > <literal>pg_config</>; you must alter your <varname>PATH</> > to select the installation to build against. > </para> > </caution> I say "bin it." That reminds me. There are probably a lot of places in the docs that refer to versions of PostgreSQL a good bit older than 8.3. Will grep and patch as I get the time. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@pgexperts.com> wrote: > Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a while, > do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer? +1 for removing that (but only in master, not the back-branches). -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
<p dir="ltr"><br /> On Oct 8, 2013 6:27 PM, "Robert Haas" <<a href="mailto:robertmhaas@gmail.com">robertmhaas@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br /> ><br /> > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 7:51AM, Andrew Dunstan<br /> > <<a href="mailto:andrew.dunstan@pgexperts.com">andrew.dunstan@pgexperts.com</a>>wrote:<br /> > > Given that we havenot supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a while,<br /> > > do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer?<br/> ><br /> > +1 for removing that (but only in master, not the back-branches).<br /> ><p dir="ltr">+1,and definitely not in back branches. <p dir="ltr">/Magnus
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 08:43:27AM -0700, David Fetter wrote: > On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 07:51:44AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > > Given that we have not supported releases older than 8.3 for quite a > > while, do we need to keep this in extend.sgml any longer? > > > > <caution> > > <para> > > Changing <varname>PG_CONFIG</varname> only works when building > > against <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.3 or later. > > With older releases it does not work to set it to anything except > > <literal>pg_config</>; you must alter your <varname>PATH</> > > to select the installation to build against. > > </para> > > </caution> > > I say "bin it." That reminds me. There are probably a lot of places > in the docs that refer to versions of PostgreSQL a good bit older than > 8.3. Will grep and patch as I get the time. I have created the attached patch which removes many of the pre-8.0 references, and trims some of the 8.1-8.3 references. There are probably some of these that should be kept, but it is easier to show you all the possibilities and we can trim down the removal list based on feedback. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. +
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote: > I have created the attached patch which removes many of the pre-8.0 > references, and trims some of the 8.1-8.3 references. There are > probably some of these that should be kept, but it is easier to show you > all the possibilities and we can trim down the removal list based on > feedback. The changes to lobj.sgml seem pointless. I would also vote for keeping xindex.sgml as-is. The rest of the changes seem like improvements. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 07:19:46PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote: > > I have created the attached patch which removes many of the pre-8.0 > > references, and trims some of the 8.1-8.3 references. There are > > probably some of these that should be kept, but it is easier to show you > > all the possibilities and we can trim down the removal list based on > > feedback. > > The changes to lobj.sgml seem pointless. I would also vote for > keeping xindex.sgml as-is. The rest of the changes seem like > improvements. OK, done. Updated patch attached. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. +
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 07:34:20PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 07:19:46PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote: > > > I have created the attached patch which removes many of the pre-8.0 > > > references, and trims some of the 8.1-8.3 references. There are > > > probably some of these that should be kept, but it is easier to show you > > > all the possibilities and we can trim down the removal list based on > > > feedback. > > > > The changes to lobj.sgml seem pointless. I would also vote for > > keeping xindex.sgml as-is. The rest of the changes seem like > > improvements. > > OK, done. Updated patch attached. Patch applied. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. +