Improve Win32 install instructions.
authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Fri, 24 Dec 2004 19:20:18 +0000 (19:20 +0000)
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Fri, 24 Dec 2004 19:20:18 +0000 (19:20 +0000)
doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml
doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml

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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $PostgreSQL$
 -->
 
 <chapter id="install-win32">
- <title>Installation on <productname>Windows</productname></title>
+ <title>Client-Only Installation on <productname>Windows</productname></title>
 
  <indexterm>
   <primary>installation</primary>
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ $PostgreSQL$
 
  <para>
   Although <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is written for
-  Unix-like operating systems and compiles under
-  <productname>MinGW</productname>, the C client library
+  Unix-like operating systems and can be built using
+  <productname>MinGW</productname> and
+  <productname>Cygwin</productname>, the C client library
   (<application>libpq</application>) and the interactive terminal
   (<application>psql</application>) can be compiled using other Windows
   tool sets. Makefiles are included in the source distribution for
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@@ -120,10 +120,17 @@ su - postgres
        <secondary>on Windows</secondary>
       </indexterm>
 
-      To build on <productname>Windows NT</> or <productname>Windows
-      2000</> you need the <productname>Cygwin</> and
-      <productname>cygipc</> packages. See the file
-      <filename>doc/FAQ_MSWIN</> for details.
+      To build on <productname>NT</>-based versions of
+      <productname>Windows</> like Windows XP and 2003 see
+      <filename>doc/FAQ_MINGW</>. For earlier <productname>Windows</>
+      releases see <filename>doc/FAQ_CYGWIN</>.
+
+      To build <productname>Windows</> client-only interfaces using
+      tools like <productname>Visual C++</> and <productname>Borland
+      C++</> see
+      <![%standalone-include[the documentation chapter "Client-Only
+      Installation on Windows"]]> <![%standalone-ignore[<xref
+      linkend="install-win32">]]>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>