Re: BUG #18194: Missing install instructions

PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> The file
> https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/README
> says you will find instructions to build PostgreSQL in the file INSTALL, but
> this files does not exists.

I guess you read but didn't absorb what it says in README.git?

In a release or snapshot tarball of PostgreSQL, a documentation file named
INSTALL will appear in this directory. However, this file is not stored in
git and so will not be present if you are using a git checkout.

> So please change the file README.

It's correct as it stands for our current distribution processes.
(Things probably will change in v17 because we plan to change what
is in our distributed tarballs, but we won't change that in
released branches.)

> 2. Also please provide a list of required packages.

We would need a different list for every operating system out there,
even different distros of Linux. And it'd vary depending on what
build options you select. So nope, that's not likely to happen.
If you don't want to deal with figuring that out based on the list
of requirements in the manual, I'd suggest using a prepackaged build
from your OS distributor instead of building from source.

regards, tom lane