* Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> [000510 14:17] wrote:
> > * Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> [000510 13:35] wrote:
> > > > pg_dumpall then using psql to source the file went off perfectly.
> > > >
> > > > Just a nit, where's the manpages in 7.0? :)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the excellent database system, and best of luck with
> > > > the recent step up in the business and political open source world!
> > >
> > > For those that use CVS, you have to download the doc package to get the
> > > manuals and manual pages. They are no longer part of CVS.
> >
> > I can understand not wanting to keep the formatted manpages and such
> > under CVS, but why remove the manpages entirely from the repo? It
> > makes little sense to me because it makes it more complex to submit
> > changes.
>
> I assume they are in the main tarball. However, I think they are kept
> in man.tar.gz, and the docs maybe have to be installed in a separate
> step. Obviously, I am not sure.
>
> > How does one submit changes to the manpages now? Is there some way
> > to get them via cvsup/cvs?
>
> They are in SGML format in pgsql/doc/src/sgml.
Oh, that's cool, I'm glad whenever autogenerated stuff is removed
from the tree because it certainly helps my download time especially
when getting a new repo.
thanks,
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