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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2010-05-28 18:04:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2010-05-28 18:04:36 +0000 |
| commit | 9b94e3696e7b6c7c13db3e593d0fa471c3bce9bc (patch) | |
| tree | a34731a14873593531a237b393268e7a11c4b9cf | |
| parent | dbde97cdde4afbd0a175880446e301f1bfb8994c (diff) | |
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Document use of VPATH builds.
David Fetter
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 15 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 22a8a6fba18..90f674905bb 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.344 2010/03/30 00:10:46 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.345 2010/05/28 18:04:36 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="installation"> <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> @@ -542,9 +542,18 @@ su - postgres This script will run a number of tests to determine values for various system dependent variables and detect any quirks of your operating system, and finally will create several files in the - build tree to record what it found. (You can also run + build tree to record what it found. You can also run <filename>configure</filename> in a directory outside the source - tree if you want to keep the build directory separate.) + tree, if you want to keep the build directory separate. This + procedure is also called a + <indexterm><primary>VPATH</primary></indexterm><firstterm>VPATH</firstterm> + build. Here's how: +<screen> +<userinput>mkdir build_dir</userinput> +<userinput>cd build_dir</userinput> +<userinput>/path/to/source/tree/configure [options go here]</userinput> +<userinput>gmake</userinput> +</screen> </para> <para> |