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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2014-03-27 17:15:45 -0400 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2014-03-27 17:15:45 -0400 |
| commit | e5a452b3a4600dfc9c045e1591c25e6a567d8d73 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d44dee1e7d519b16112261d90bbe0208942914b | |
| parent | 5906e10a2aecf472c41b2cb5a2a923c7bbabdce2 (diff) | |
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Improve documentation note about Python 2.3 and cdecimal.
Explain exactly what fails (ie, function arguments of type numeric)
if you don't have it.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 1dee8f4ccba..efaaad80b40 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ su - postgres installation with the header files and the <application>distutils</application> module. The minimum required version is <productname>Python</productname> 2.3. - For full functionality, a 2.3.x installation must include the - separately-available <filename>cdecimal</> module; in particular - the <application>PL/Python</> regression tests will not pass if that - is missing. + (To work with function arguments of type <type>numeric</>, a 2.3.x + installation must include the separately-available <filename>cdecimal</> + module; note the <application>PL/Python</> regression tests + will not pass if that is missing.) <productname>Python 3</productname> is supported if it's version 3.1 or later; but see <![%standalone-include[the <application>PL/Python</> documentation]]> |