From 74496bc298e099401a8b41c1c529bf9fb7aa9f3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:26:18 +0000
Subject: Contrib module uuid-ossp for generating UUID values using the OSSP
 UUID library.  New configure option --with-ossp-uuid to activate.

---
 doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml     |  9 ++++++++-
 doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/src')

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index cda0f50d94b..2ffe0745869 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.197 2007/04/20 21:51:46 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.198 2007/04/21 17:26:17 petere Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="datatype">
   <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title>
@@ -3246,6 +3246,13 @@ a0eebc999c0b4ef8bb6d6bb9bd380a11
 </programlisting>
     Output is always in the standard form.
    </para>
+
+   <para>
+    To generate UUIDs, the contrib module <literal>uuid-ossp</literal>
+    provides functions that implement the standard algorithms.
+    Alternatively, UUIDs could be generated by client applications or
+    other libraries invoked through a server-side function.
+   </para>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="datatype-xml">
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index b8474a0a87b..5d5188aa008 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 1.287 2007/04/21 15:30:28 adunstan Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.288 2007/04/21 17:26:17 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="installation">
  <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -910,6 +910,19 @@ su - postgres
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><option>--with-ossp-uuid</option></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+         Build with the <ulink
+         url="http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/">OSSP UUID
+         library</ulink>.  This is necessary for the contrib module
+         <literal>uuid-ossp</literal> which provides functions to
+         generate UUIDs.<indexterm><primary>UUID</primary></indexterm>
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--with-libxml</option></term>
        <listitem>
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