This patch fixes a really bad recommendation that's not been removed
from the client-only installation instructions. We removed this
recommendation as of 8.1, but it's still included in the documentation :-(
Please consider back-patching this into the 8.1 and 8.2 version of the
documentation, as it's something we really don't want people to do.
I came across this while looking at how to update that documentation to
deal with the new VC++ build stuff. I can't quite decide on how to do
that yet - do people have any strong opinions on if the new vcbuild
stuff should go in the documentation proper, or stay in
src/tools/msvc/README?
//Magnus
Index: doc\src\sgml/install-win32.sgml
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RCS file: c:/prog/cvsrepo/pgsql/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml,v
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diff -c -r1.29 install-win32.sgml
*** doc\src\sgml/install-win32.sgml 16 Sep 2006 00:30:14 -0000 1.29
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*** 106,115 ****
</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
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
--- 106,116 ----
</para>
<para>
! 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
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