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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2002-04-10 22:47:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2002-04-10 22:47:09 +0000 |
| commit | 5c1f31d2d47110f49d16bd56295125d656401855 (patch) | |
| tree | 8e3cd0ad3576df4af07ede841db0f68b3908a2b7 /doc/src | |
| parent | 563673e15db995b6f531b44be7bb162330ac157a (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-5c1f31d2d47110f49d16bd56295125d656401855.tar.gz postgresql-5c1f31d2d47110f49d16bd56295125d656401855.zip | |
Readline and Zlib now required by default. Add options --without-readline
and --without-zlib to turn them off.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 3 |
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 11e4b923681..a30f2d3db35 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.76 2002/04/10 16:45:25 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.77 2002/04/10 22:46:33 petere Exp $ --> <chapter id="installation"> <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> @@ -92,11 +92,12 @@ su - postgres <primary>readline</primary> </indexterm> - The <acronym>GNU</> <productname>Readline</> library (for comfortable - line editing and command history retrieval) will automatically be used - if found. You might wish to install it before proceeding, but it is not - essential. (On <productname>NetBSD</productname>, the - <filename>libedit</filename> library is + The <acronym>GNU</> <productname>Readline</> library (for + comfortable line editing and command history retrieval) will be + used by default. If you don't want to use it then you must + specify the <option>--without-readline</option> option for + <filename>configure</>. (On <productname>NetBSD</productname>, + the <filename>libedit</filename> library is <productname>readline</productname>-compatible and is used if <filename>libreadline</filename> is not found.) </para> @@ -848,6 +849,29 @@ su - postgres </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>--without-readline</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Prevents the use of the Readline library. This disables + command-line editing and history in + <application>psql</application>, so it is not recommended. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--without-zlib</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Prevents the use of the Zlib library. This disables + compression support in <application>pg_dump</application>. + This option is only intended for those rare systems where this + library is not available. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>--enable-debug</option></term> <listitem> <para> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index e70bb7fa099..a2ace11be54 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.131 2002/04/05 00:31:23 tgl Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.132 2002/04/10 22:46:48 petere Exp $ --> <appendix id="release"> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ CDATA means the content is "SGML-free", so you can write without worries about funny characters. --> <literallayout><![CDATA[ +Readline and Zlib are now required by default and must be turned off explicitly if their use is not desired Define a third class of function volatility to allow indexscans in more cases Locale support is now built by default; choice of locale is set by initdb and/or at run-time ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET/DROP NOT NULL |