Re: The tarball's README has bad install instructions

On 10.12.2012 21:19, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> The top-level README in the source tarball says:
>
> ------------------<snip>---------------------------
> See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
> PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and
> hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
> software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
> system. Changes between all PostgreSQL releases are recorded in the
> file HISTORY. Copyright and license information can be found in the
> file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
> distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
> instructions.
> ------------------<snip>---------------------------
>
> There is no INSTALL file, and although there is documentation
> it's scattered in a bunch of sgml files.

Which tarball did you look at? The INSTALL file is there in the 9.2.2
tarball at least:

~$ tar tvjf postgresql-9.2.2.tar.bz2 | grep INSTALL
-rw-r--r-- pgsql/pgsql 76825 2012-12-03 22:34 postgresql-9.2.2/INSTALL

Note that the INSTALL file is not present in the git repository, it's
generated and included in the tarball. See README.git.

- Heikki