Get rid of the need for manual maintenance of the initial contents of

pg_attribute, by having genbki.pl derive the information from the various
catalog header files.  This greatly simplifies modification of the
"bootstrapped" catalogs.

This patch finally kills genbki.sh and Gen_fmgrtab.sh; we now rely entirely on
Perl scripts for those build steps.  To avoid creating a Perl build dependency
where there was not one before, the output files generated by these scripts
are now treated as distprep targets, ie, they will be built and shipped in
tarballs.  But you will need a reasonably modern Perl (probably at least
5.6) if you want to build from a CVS pull.

The changes to the MSVC build process are untested, and may well break ---
we'll soon find out from the buildfarm.

John Naylor, based on ideas from Robert Haas and others

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml
index d0c08e08d9c..d747f9244e7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml,v 1.22 2009/09/26 22:42:00 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml,v 1.23 2010/01/05 01:06:55 tgl Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="bki">
  <title><acronym>BKI</acronym> Backend Interface</title>
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
   to do part of its job when creating a new database cluster.  The
   input file used by <application>initdb</application> is created as
   part of building and installing <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
-  by a program named <filename>genbki.sh</filename>, which reads some
+  by a program named <filename>genbki.pl</filename>, which reads some
   specially formatted C header files in the <filename>src/include/catalog/</>
-  directory of the source tree.  The created
-  <acronym>BKI</acronym> file is called <filename>postgres.bki</filename> and is
+  directory of the source tree.  The created <acronym>BKI</acronym> file
+  is called <filename>postgres.bki</filename> and is
   normally installed in the
   <filename>share</filename> subdirectory of the installation tree.
  </para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 3074172bc5d..41513dcb9a1 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 1.335 2009/12/18 21:37:38 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.336 2010/01/05 01:06:55 tgl Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="installation">
  <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ su - postgres
       <filename>libedit</filename> library is
       GNU <productname>Readline</productname>-compatible and is used if
       <filename>libreadline</filename> is not found, or if
-      <option>--with-libedit-preferred</option> is used as an 
+      <option>--with-libedit-preferred</option> is used as an
       option to <filename>configure</>. If you are using a package-based
-      Linux distribution, be aware that you need both the 
-      <literal>readline</> and <literal>readline-devel</> packages, if 
+      Linux distribution, be aware that you need both the
+      <literal>readline</> and <literal>readline-devel</> packages, if
       those are separate in your distribution.
      </para>
     </listitem>
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ su - postgres
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      <application>Kerberos</>, <productname>OpenSSL</>, 
+      <application>Kerberos</>, <productname>OpenSSL</>,
       <productname>OpenLDAP</>, and/or
       <application>PAM</>, if you want to support authentication or
       encryption using these services.
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ su - postgres
        <primary>perl</primary>
       </indexterm>
 
-      <application>Perl</> is also needed to build from a CVS checkout,
+      <application>Perl</> 5.8 or later is needed to build from a CVS checkout,
       or if you changed the input files for any of the build steps that
       use Perl scripts.  If building on Windows you will need
       <application>Perl</> in any case.
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ su - postgres
      delete it, in case you have trouble and need to revert to it.  Keep
      in mind the directory might consume significant disk space.  To rename
      the directory, use a command like this:
-<screen> 
+<screen>
 <userinput>mv /usr/local/pgsql /usr/local/pgsql.old</>
 </screen>
     </para>
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ su - postgres
         </para>
 
         <para>
-         For relocatable installs, you might want to use 
+         For relocatable installs, you might want to use
          <filename>configure</filename>'s <literal>--disable-rpath</>
          option.  Also, you will need to tell the operating system how
          to find the shared libraries.
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ su - postgres
        <listitem>
         <para>
          Build with <acronym>LDAP</><indexterm><primary>LDAP</></>
-         support for authentication and connection parameter lookup (see 
+         support for authentication and connection parameter lookup (see
          <![%standalone-include[the documentation about client authentication
          and libpq]]><![%standalone-ignore[<xref linkend="libpq-ldap"> and
          <xref linkend="auth-ldap">]]> for more information). On Unix,
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ su - postgres
          library is used.  <filename>configure</> will check for the required
          header files and libraries to make sure that your
          <productname>OpenLDAP</> installation is sufficient before
-         proceeding. 
+         proceeding.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ su - postgres
     <para>
      Here is a list of the significant variables that can be set in
      this manner:
- 
+
      <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>BISON</envar></term>
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ All of PostgreSQL is successfully made. Ready to install.
   </procedure>
 
   <formalpara>
-   <title>Registering <application>eventlog</> on <systemitem 
+   <title>Registering <application>eventlog</> on <systemitem
    class="osname">Windows</>:</title>
    <para>
     To register a <systemitem class="osname">Windows</> <application>eventlog</>
@@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ postgres$ <userinput>/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</>
     <para>
      At this point, if you did not use the <command>initdb</> <literal>-A</>
      option, you might want to modify <filename>pg_hba.conf</> to control
-     local access to the server before you start it.  The default is to 
+     local access to the server before you start it.  The default is to
      trust all local users.
     </para>
    </step>
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ cc-1020 cc: ERROR File = pqcomm.c, Line = 427
     MinGW.  The ready-made installer files are available on the main
     PostgreSQL FTP servers in the <filename>binary/win32</filename>
     directory.
-   </para>   
+   </para>
 
    <para>
     The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft