From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
Cc: | Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: improve installation short version |
Date: | 2021-06-02 21:36:48 |
Message-ID: | 191920.1622669808@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> On 6/2/21 4:58 PM, Mark Dilger wrote:
>> Prior to where your patch makes changes, the docs say, "If you are building PostgreSQL for Microsoft Windows, read this chapter if you intend to build with MinGW or Cygwin". I think going on to tell the users to use `su` is a bit odd. Does that exist in standard MinGW and Cygwin environments? I thought "run as" was the Windows option for this.
> Yes, good point. We should fix that. Yes, "runas" is a sort of su.
> There's no adduser either.
There's a whole lot of Unix systems that don't spell that command
as "adduser", either. That whole recipe has to be understood as
a guide, not something you can blindly copy-and-paste.
Maybe what we really need is an initial disclaimer saying something
along the lines of "Here's approximately what you need to do; adapt
these commands per local requirements."
And then, perhaps, change the last line to "For more detail, see
the rest of this chapter".
regards, tom lane
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