Re: Probable documentation errors or improvements

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Cc: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, Yaroslav <ladayaroslav(at)yandex(dot)ru>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>, Oleg Bartunov <obartunov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Dmitry Ivanov <d(dot)ivanov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Arthur Zakirov <a(dot)zakirov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Subject: Re: Probable documentation errors or improvements
Date: 2020-10-19 18:37:02
Message-ID: 432497.1603132622@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> writes:
> I left out these changes in sepgsql docs:

>> --- a/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml
>> +++ b/doc/src/sgml/sepgsql.sgml
>> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Policy from config file: targeted
>> <para>
>> To build this module, include the option <literal>--with-selinux</literal> in
>> your PostgreSQL <literal>configure</literal> command. Be sure that the
>> - <filename>libselinux-devel</filename> RPM is installed at build time.
>> + <filename>libselinux-devel</filename> package is installed at build time.
>> </para>

> It's true that the sentence is unusually distro-specific, but I think
> second instance of this becomes ambiguous if we just change RPM to package:

There's also the fact that the package name "libselinux-devel" is itself
Red Hat specific --- Debian-based distros would call it something else,
even assuming that they have an exact equivalent which they might not.
The other advice you mention is also pretty RH-specific.

regards, tom lane

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