Re: 17beta1 source download does not include docs & manpages

Am 28.05.2024 um 20:42 schrieb Erik Wienhold:
> On 2024-05-28 14:15 +0200, Marcel Hofstetter wrote:
>> 16.3 source download includes manpages and html docs.
>>
>> -bash-5.1$ tar tvf postgresql-16.3.tar | grep html | wc -l
>> 1166
>> -bash-5.1$ tar tvf postgresql-16.3.tar | grep man1 | wc -l
>> 35
>>
>>
>> 17beta1 does not.
>>
>> -bash-5.1$ tar tvf postgresql-17beta1.tar | grep html | wc -l
>> 3
>> -bash-5.1$ tar tvf postgresql-17beta1.tar | grep man1 | wc -l
>> 0
>>
>> is this intended?
>
> Yes, that build step was removed[1] in order to only create a tarball of
> files in the git tree from now on. Maybe the release notes should make
> that more clear instead of just saying "Remove make's distprep option".
>
> [1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/e07408d9-e5f2-d9fd-5672-f53354e9305e%40eisentraut.org
>

Thanks for the feedback.

Unfortunately I'm unable to produce the html files on my
Solaris 11.4 CBE system (margay buildfarm member)

-bash-5.1$ gmake html
gmake -C doc html
gmake[1]: Entering directory
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-17beta1/doc'
gmake -C src html
gmake[2]: Entering directory
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-17beta1/doc/src'
gmake -C sgml html
gmake[3]: Entering directory
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-17beta1/doc/src/sgml'
/usr/bin/xsltproc --nonet --path . --path . --stringparam pg.version
'17beta1' stylesheet.xsl postgres-full.xml
runtime error: file stylesheet-common.xsl line 124 element value-of
Variable 'chunk.base.dir' has not been declared.
XPath error : Undefined variable
runtime error: file stylesheet-common.xsl line 124 element value-of
XPath evaluation returned no result.
no result for postgres-full.xml
gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:130: html-stamp] Error 10
gmake[3]: Leaving directory
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-17beta1/doc/src/sgml'
gmake[2]: *** [Makefile:8: html] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-17beta1/doc/src'
gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:16: html] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory
'/export/home/marcel/source/postgresql-17beta1/doc'
gmake: *** [GNUmakefile:27: html] Error 2

-bash-5.1$ uname -a
SunOS g0071 5.11 11.4.42.111.0 sun4v sparc sun4v logical-domain

Best regards,
Marcel