Re: Missing file is mentioned on page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/libpq-exec.html

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Euler Taveira <euler(dot)taveira(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, e(dot)indrupskaya(at)postgrespro(dot)ru, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Missing file is mentioned on page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/libpq-exec.html
Date: 2020-11-10 23:15:29
Message-ID: 2288763.1605050129@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 11:09:58AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Thinking about it from the perspective of someone dealing with an
>> installation tree not a source tree, maybe the reference should
>> be to "server/catalog/pg_type_d.h". That might help disabuse
>> anyone who's expecting to find it at that path in the git tree.

> I am confused what the "server/" prefix means in a path name.

That is the path underneath the installation "include" directory
at which that file will be found.

> We currently say:

> The <acronym>OID</acronym>s of the built-in data types are defined in
> the file <filename>src/include/catalog/pg_type_d.h</filename> in the
> source tree.

Yeah, so also s/source tree/install tree/.

regards, tom lane

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