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Document use of VPATH builds. 

David Fetter
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Bruce Momjian 2010-05-28 18:04:36 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.344 2010/03/30 00:10:46 petere Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.345 2010/05/28 18:04:36 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
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This script will run a number of tests to determine values for various
system dependent variables and detect any quirks of your
operating system, and finally will create several files in the
build tree to record what it found. (You can also run
build tree to record what it found. You can also run
<filename>configure</filename> in a directory outside the source
tree if you want to keep the build directory separate.)
tree, if you want to keep the build directory separate. This
procedure is also called a
<indexterm><primary>VPATH</primary></indexterm><firstterm>VPATH</firstterm>
build. Here's how:
<screen>
<userinput>mkdir build_dir</userinput>
<userinput>cd build_dir</userinput>
<userinput>/path/to/source/tree/configure [options go here]</userinput>
<userinput>gmake</userinput>
</screen>
</para>
<para>