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authorTom Lane2004-03-28 06:09:14 +0000
committerTom Lane2004-03-28 06:09:14 +0000
commit7f019f910e67a76cb73648eb676a42ec8567b137 (patch)
treef59214f746a5af60568898aaffff879ac2aa5f45
parentb5b838c01fa76278945dfa48116997e34319c971 (diff)
Some further editorializing on README.CVS.
-rw-r--r--README.CVS23
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/README.CVS b/README.CVS
index 08351229e7..37daaf6bc3 100644
--- a/README.CVS
+++ b/README.CVS
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
-Official releases of PostgreSQL contain INSTALL and HISTORY files in
-this directory.
-
-For people using CVS checkouts, you can view the install instructions
-at:
+(This file does not appear in release tarballs.)
+In a release or snapshot tarball of PostgreSQL, documentation files named
+INSTALL and HISTORY will appear in this directory. However, these files are
+not stored in CVS and so will not be present if you are using a CVS checkout.
+If you are using CVS, you can view the most recent install instructions at:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/installation.html
-
-The release notes can be viewed at:
-
+and the current release notes at:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release.html
-(This file does not appear in release tarballs.)
-
-Note that users compiling from CVS will also need compatible versions
-of Bison and Flex, as discussed in the install documentation (Bison
-and Flex are not needed when using an official release of PostgreSQL.)
+Users compiling from CVS will also need compatible versions of Bison and
+Flex, as discussed in the install documentation. Bison and Flex are not
+needed when using a tarball, since the files they are needed to build are
+already present in the tarball.