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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 05b77ec8e66..fddd7d39051 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -354,31 +354,36 @@ su - postgres <title>Getting the Source</title> <para> - The <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> &version; sources can be obtained from the - download section of our - website: <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/download/"></ulink>. You - should get a file named <filename>postgresql-&version;.tar.gz</filename> - or <filename>postgresql-&version;.tar.bz2</filename>. After - you have obtained the file, unpack it: + The version control repository for <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> + can be obtained from + <ulink url="https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=summary"></ulink>; + this is the recommended way to obtain the + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> source code. + You can obtain a clone of the repository by running <screen> -<userinput>gunzip postgresql-&version;.tar.gz</userinput> -<userinput>tar xf postgresql-&version;.tar</userinput> +<userinput>git clone https://git.postgresql.org/git/postgresql.git</userinput> </screen> - (Use <command>bunzip2</command> instead of <command>gunzip</command> if - you have the <filename>.bz2</filename> file. Also, note that most - modern versions of <command>tar</command> can unpack compressed archives - directly, so you don't really need the - separate <command>gunzip</command> or <command>bunzip2</command> step.) - This will create a directory - <filename>postgresql-&version;</filename> under the current directory - with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources. - Change into that directory for the rest - of the installation procedure. + This will create a directory <filename>postgresql</filename> under the current + directory with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources. + Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure. + See <xref linkend="git"/> for further information. </para> <para> - You can also get the source directly from the version control repository, see - <xref linkend="sourcerepo"/>. + Alternatively, source code for the released versions can be obtained + from the download section of our website: + <ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/"></ulink>. + Download then + <filename>postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.gz</filename> + or <filename>postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.bz2</filename> + you're interested in, then unpack it: +<screen> +<userinput>tar xf postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable>.tar.bz2</userinput> +</screen> + This will create a directory + <filename>postgresql-<replaceable>version</replaceable></filename> under + the current directory with the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> sources. + Change into that directory for the rest of the installation procedure. </para> </sect1> |