Palle Girgensohn <girgen(at)FreeBSD(dot)org> writes:
> From INSTALL:
> ...
> Client-only installation: If you want to install only the client
> applications and interface libraries, then you can use these
> commands:
> gmake -C src/bin install
> gmake -C src/include install
> gmake -C src/interfaces install
> gmake -C doc install
> ...
> src/bin has pg_ctl et al. Maybe encourage is a strong word... ;-)
Actually there's quite a lot of stuff under src/bin that has no value in
a client-only installation: initdb, ipcclean, pg_controldata,
pg_resetxlog ... probably those instructions need some amendment.
regards, tom lane