Re: [HACKERS] Need --without-docs build switch

2009-12-10 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On tor, 2009-12-10 at 09:59 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote: > Given that, we should have a --without-docs build switch which allows us > to disable the doc build. Btw., if you really, really, really want to avoid the issue (if there were any), go into the src directory and build there. -- Sent via pg

Re: [HACKERS] Need --without-docs build switch

2009-12-10 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus writes: > > On 12/10/09 10:03 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Josh Berkus writes: > >>> Testing Alpha2 with the Exclusion Constraints patch on Mac recently > >>> forced me to edit the makefiles to remove the make docs statements. > >> > >> How so? The make process does no

Re: [HACKERS] Need --without-docs build switch

2009-12-10 Thread Bernd Helmle
--On 10. Dezember 2009 09:59:44 -0800 Josh Berkus wrote: (The Mac Openjade toolchain is unalterably broken, AFAICT) Without editing the makefiles, it wasn't possible to build PostgreSQL on my OSX 10.4 laptop. You might get an idea how i fixed that here: http://psoos.blogspot.com/2009/09/b

Re: [HACKERS] Need --without-docs build switch

2009-12-10 Thread Josh Berkus
> Hm, maybe the alpha2 tarball had docs in it already? And they weren't > up to date? You might be hitting the same thing I've complained of: > since "make distclean" no longer removes built docs, you can find > yourself running an update cycle when you didn't want to. Peter > rejected my opini

Re: [HACKERS] Need --without-docs build switch

2009-12-10 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus writes: > On 12/10/09 10:03 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Josh Berkus writes: >>> Testing Alpha2 with the Exclusion Constraints patch on Mac recently >>> forced me to edit the makefiles to remove the make docs statements. >> >> How so? The make process does not try to build the docs unless

Re: [HACKERS] Need --without-docs build switch

2009-12-10 Thread Josh Berkus
On 12/10/09 10:03 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus writes: >> Testing Alpha2 with the Exclusion Constraints patch on Mac recently >> forced me to edit the makefiles to remove the make docs statements. > > How so? The make process does not try to build the docs unless you > specifically tell it

Re: [HACKERS] Need --without-docs build switch

2009-12-10 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus writes: > Testing Alpha2 with the Exclusion Constraints patch on Mac recently > forced me to edit the makefiles to remove the make docs statements. How so? The make process does not try to build the docs unless you specifically tell it to. > Given that, we should have a --without-do

[HACKERS] Need --without-docs build switch

2009-12-10 Thread Josh Berkus
Hackers, Testing Alpha2 with the Exclusion Constraints patch on Mac recently forced me to edit the makefiles to remove the make docs statements. (The Mac Openjade toolchain is unalterably broken, AFAICT) Without editing the makefiles, it wasn't possible to build PostgreSQL on my OSX 10.4 laptop.