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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2013-10-07 22:42:52 -0400
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2013-10-07 22:42:52 -0400
commit4e80950042ff70a8d9825c1d9549692b8124dd40 (patch)
tree70bb1b29d9fbdd3fd39571b60a6a1c30f6b0cf80
parent9fba0cbee38bd73b68ed350c31eee3bb102bd422 (diff)
downloadpostgresql-4e80950042ff70a8d9825c1d9549692b8124dd40.tar.gz
Revert "Document support for VPATH builds of extensions."
This reverts commit 9598134e3030a883ff6eea8a822466ce5143ffeb.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml29
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
index 5015002aac..60fa1a8922 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ include $(PGXS)
To use the <acronym>PGXS</acronym> infrastructure for your extension,
you must write a simple makefile.
In the makefile, you need to set some variables
- and include the global <acronym>PGXS</acronym> makefile.
+ and finally include the global <acronym>PGXS</acronym> makefile.
Here is an example that builds an extension module named
<literal>isbn_issn</literal>, consisting of a shared library containing
some C code, an extension control file, a SQL script, and a documentation
@@ -1172,33 +1172,6 @@ include $(PGXS)
</caution>
<para>
- You can also run <literal>make</literal> in a directory outside the source
- tree of your extension, if you want to keep the build directory separate.
- This procedure is also called a
- <indexterm><primary>VPATH</primary></indexterm><firstterm>VPATH</firstterm>
- build. Here's how:
- <screen>
- <userinput>mkdir build_dir</userinput>
- <userinput>cd build_dir</userinput>
- <userinput>make -f /path/to/extension/source/tree/Makefile</userinput>
- <userinput>make -f /path/to/extension/source/tree/Makefile install</userinput>
- </screen>
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Alternatively, you can set up a directory for a VPATH build in a similar
- way to how it is done for the core code. One way to to this is using the
- core script <filename>config/prep_buildtree</>. Once this has been done
- you can build by setting the <literal>make</literal> variable
- <varname>USE_VPATH</varname> like this:
- <screen>
- <userinput>make USE_VPATH=/path/to/extension/source/tree</userinput>
- <userinput>make USE_VPATH=/path/to/extension/source/tree install</userinput>
- </screen>
- This procedure can work with a greater variety of directory layouts.
- </para>
-
- <para>
The scripts listed in the <varname>REGRESS</> variable are used for
regression testing of your module, which can be invoked by <literal>make
installcheck</literal> after doing <literal>make install</>. For this to