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 Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:17:14 -0600
 From: Brian D. Woodruff <wood@TuneStreet.com>
 Subject: RE: file name error

ooh - sorry to be so vague! It's in a frame set, linked from Administration
in the Documentation section. The URL is:

http://postgresql.org/docs/admin/install761.htm

steps in the list which have problems are:

4, 6, 10, and 26

due to the "v" in the filename which is not in the filename on the FTP server.


other parts of the install process have incorrect paths, for instance, in
step 11, there is a change directory issued to:

/usr/src/pgsql/src/

which should really go to:

/usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.5.3/src/

This occurs in several places in the doc.

Apparently the path above is where the tar file puts things.

Other than that, the installation went well! This installation is on my
third server. Having fun with it :-)

You can see it in action on the order page of www.IncWay.com :-)

Again, I hope I'm being helpful! Thanks!

BDW


At 07:09 PM 11/22/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>On 21-Nov-99 Brian D. Woodruff wrote:
>> 
>> please pass this on to the appropriate parties ...
>> 
>> the file name referenced in the installation guide is 
>> 
>> postgresql-v6.5.3.tar.gz
>> 
>> whereast the real file name has no "v" before the six on the FTP site.
>> 
>> I suppose a soft link would be a good "quick fix"!
>> 
>> no big deal, but it means c/p installation doesn't work!
>> 
>
>Which installation guide?  
>
>Vince.
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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:34:08 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
RE: file name error (fwd)
> http://postgresql.org/docs/admin/install761.htm
> steps in the list which have problems are:
> 4, 6, 10, and 26
> due to the "v" in the filename which is not in the filename on the FTP server.
> other parts of the install process have incorrect paths

Was someone going to rewrite the installation procedure? I was looking
at it myself and agree with the thread from a month or two ago that it
is *much* too complicated and verbose. Several steps should be moved
to subsequent sections as reference or backup material (e.g. flex,
regression tests), and the whole thing could be substantially
condensed.

                       - Thomas

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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 14:28:51 +0000
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Re: [DOCS] RE: file name error (fwd)
On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Thomas Lockhart wrote:

> > http://postgresql.org/docs/admin/install761.htm
> > steps in the list which have problems are:
> > 4, 6, 10, and 26
> > due to the "v" in the filename which is not in the filename on the FTP server.
> > other parts of the install process have incorrect paths
> 
> Was someone going to rewrite the installation procedure? I was looking
> at it myself and agree with the thread from a month or two ago that it
> is *much* too complicated and verbose. Several steps should be moved
> to subsequent sections as reference or backup material (e.g. flex,
> regression tests), and the whole thing could be substantially
> condensed.

I was working on something that takes it down to about 5 steps before
the initdb phase of the installation - redirecting gmake's output was
optional.  I'll see if it's still around.

Vince.
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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 09:58:04 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Re: [DOCS] RE: file name error (fwd)
> 
> Forwarded from webmaster.
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:17:14 -0600
>  From: Brian D. Woodruff <wood@TuneStreet.com>
>  Subject: RE: file name error
> 
> ooh - sorry to be so vague! It's in a frame set, linked from Administration
> in the Documentation section. The URL is:
> 
> http://postgresql.org/docs/admin/install761.htm
> 
> steps in the list which have problems are:
> 
> 4, 6, 10, and 26
> 
> due to the "v" in the filename which is not in the filename on the FTP server.
> 
> 
> other parts of the install process have incorrect paths, for instance, in
> step 11, there is a change directory issued to:
> 
> /usr/src/pgsql/src/
> 
> which should really go to:
> 
> /usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.5.3/src/
> 
> This occurs in several places in the doc.
> 
> Apparently the path above is where the tar file puts things.
> 
> Other than that, the installation went well! This installation is on my
> third server. Having fun with it :-)
> 
> You can see it in action on the order page of www.IncWay.com :-)
> 
> Again, I hope I'm being helpful! Thanks!

Thanks for the tips.  The paths clearly needed fixing in many places. 
The new version should appear on the website tomorrow.

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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 13:24:46 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [DOCS] RE: file name error (fwd)
On 1999-11-23, Thomas Lockhart mentioned:

> Was someone going to rewrite the installation procedure? I was looking
> at it myself and agree with the thread from a month or two ago that it
> is *much* too complicated and verbose. Several steps should be moved
> to subsequent sections as reference or backup material (e.g. flex,
> regression tests), and the whole thing could be substantially
> condensed.

Along the way, I am currently collecting evidence for a
installation/makefile/autoconf/source tree cleanup. The documentation
update should probably be done along with this. When I get some time (not
before the end of this year) I would be willing to work on this, perhaps
together with Vince, as he had some good ideas a while back.

	-Peter

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Wed, 24 Nov 1999 18:28:23 +0100 (CET)
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [DOCS] RE: file name error (fwd)
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> On 1999-11-23, Thomas Lockhart mentioned:
> 
> > Was someone going to rewrite the installation procedure? I was looking
> > at it myself and agree with the thread from a month or two ago that it
> > is *much* too complicated and verbose. Several steps should be moved
> > to subsequent sections as reference or backup material (e.g. flex,
> > regression tests), and the whole thing could be substantially
> > condensed.
> 
> Along the way, I am currently collecting evidence for a
> installation/makefile/autoconf/source tree cleanup. The documentation
> update should probably be done along with this. When I get some time (not
> before the end of this year) I would be willing to work on this, perhaps
> together with Vince, as he had some good ideas a while back.

I looked around on three different machines for the document I was working
on when I finally realized why it's nowhere to be found.  I deleted it
'cuze it became clear that configure needed to be changed and there's a
good chance it's beyond me to do it.  I was thinking along the lines of
an additional --with for the postgres user and using that for install.

Vince.
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Wed, 24 Nov 1999 13:30:18 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [DOCS] RE: file name error (fwd)