From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 19:20:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Improve Win32 install instructions.
X-Git-Url: http://waps.l3s.uni-hannover.de/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=71aa16e05a5b4df9c3fd32dc4fd5b727438ea420;p=users%2Fbernd%2Fpostgres.git

Improve Win32 install instructions.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml
index 468d3d9e82..b4084a743a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-win32.sgml
@@ -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
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 0cd1b942f4..9437057846 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -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>