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| author | Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> | 2010-01-10 15:54:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> | 2010-01-10 15:54:11 +0000 |
| commit | 48eaa34d443733735eeaabfb876895fecd03c29e (patch) | |
| tree | bb371fc3bb494597a0c541cdb594c4d159bca0cd /doc/src | |
| parent | 3bfcccc2954ce251e2aea6503c0d937c493db781 (diff) | |
Update Windows installation notes.
pginstaller isn't used anymore, in favor of the one-click installers.
Make it clear that we support Windows 2000 and newer with the native
port, instead of first saying we support NT4 and then saying we don't.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 14 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index 41513dcb9a1..e12e4f3e082 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.336 2010/01/05 01:06:55 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.337 2010/01/10 15:54:11 mha Exp $ --> <chapter id="installation"> <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> @@ -2672,18 +2672,14 @@ cc-1020 cc: ERROR File = pqcomm.c, Line = 427 this chapter; the Visual C++ build works completely differently and is described in <![%standalone-include[the documentation]]><![%standalone-ignore[<xref linkend="install-win32">]]>. - There is also a precompiled binary installer which you can find at - from <ulink url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller"></ulink>. It is a fully native build and uses no additional software like - MinGW. The ready-made installer files are available on the main - PostgreSQL FTP servers in the <filename>binary/win32</filename> - directory. + MinGW. A ready-made installer is available on the main + PostgreSQL web site. </para> <para> - The native Win32 port requires a 32-bit NT-based Microsoft - operating system, like Windows NT 4, Windows 2000/2003, or Windows - XP. (NT 4 is no longer supported.) Earlier operating systems do + The native Windows port requires a 32 or 64-bit version of Windows + 2000 or later. Earlier operating systems do not have sufficient infrastructure (but Cygwin may be used on those). MinGW, the Unix-like build tools, and MSYS, a collection of Unix tools required to run shell scripts |