Re: "README" mentions "INSTALL" but this file doesn't exist in git checkout

Aha, thank you and sorry.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 4:30 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Kevin Burke <kevin(at)meter(dot)com> writes:
> > I'm attempting to get started with Postgres development. I checked out
> the
> > Postgres git sources from https://github.com/postgres/postgres. The
> README
> > notes:
>
> >> See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
> >> PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and
> >> hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
> >> software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
> >> system.
>
> > Unfortunately this file doesn't exist in the sources.
>
> Indeed, it's built documentation. But you should have read the
> adjacent file README.git instead.
>
> regards, tom lane
>