From 11b7229f499917fb1902ce226a31c5e2e7463390 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andres Freund Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:05:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH v1] docs: Building with src/tools/msvc is deprecated I added the in two places in install-windows.sgml so it's visible on both the generated pages in the chunked output. --- doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml | 16 ++++++++++++++++ doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml index 2db44db2fd9..27a5889d733 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ on Windows + + + Building with this infrastructure is deprecated. It + will be removed in PostgreSQL 17. Consider + building with meson instead. + + + It is recommended that most users download the binary distribution for Windows, available as a graphical installer package @@ -62,6 +70,14 @@ Building with <productname>Visual C++</productname> or the <productname>Microsoft Windows SDK</productname> + + + Building with this infrastructure is deprecated. It + will be removed in PostgreSQL 17. Consider + building with meson instead. + + + PostgreSQL can be built using the Visual C++ compiler suite from Microsoft. These compilers can be either from Visual Studio, diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index f451204854c..b9d3fdeafdb 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ documentation. See standalone-profile.xsl for details. If you are building PostgreSQL for Microsoft - Windows, read this chapter if you intend to build with MinGW or Cygwin; - but if you intend to build with Microsoft's Visual - C++, see instead. + Windows, read if you intend to build + with make and autoconf (using MinGW or Cygwin build environments); read + if you intend to build with + meson (using Microsoft Visual + C++, MinGW or Cygwin build environments); if you intend to + build with Microsoft's Visual C++ using the + deprecated perl scripts, see instead. -- 2.38.0