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authorNeil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>2007-02-02 16:10:18 +0000
committerNeil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>2007-02-02 16:10:18 +0000
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Reword suggestion that libpq.dll be installed in WINNT\SYSTEM32 under
Windows. Per Magnus Hagander, this is not recommended.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml
index f23bc6690ba..ce95b180023 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml,v 1.23.4.3 2005/05/13 16:47:03 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml,v 1.23.4.4 2007/02/02 16:10:18 neilc Exp $
-->
<chapter id="install-win32">
@@ -94,10 +94,11 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml,v 1.23.4.3 2005/05/13 16:47:0
</para>
<para>
- The only file that really needs to be installed is the
- <filename>libpq.dll</filename> library. This file should in most
- cases be placed in the <filename>WINNT\SYSTEM32</filename> directory
- (or in <filename>WINDOWS\SYSTEM</filename> on a Windows 95/98/ME
+ Normally you do not need to install any of the client files. You should
+ place the <filename>libpq.dll</filename> file in the same directory
+ as your applications .EXE-file. Only if this is for some reason not
+ possible should you install it in the <filename>WINNT\SYSTEM32</filename>
+ directory (or in <filename>WINDOWS\SYSTEM</filename> on a Windows 95/98/ME
system). If this file is installed using a setup program, it should
be installed with version checking using the
<symbol>VERSIONINFO</symbol> resource included in the file, to