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Log Message:
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Revisions to README notably to indicate that in the 7.3.x versions,
Slony-I can only support 7.3.3 and newer.
Modified Files:
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slony1-engine:
README (r1.5 -> r1.6)
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Index: README
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/slony1/slony1-engine/README,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -LREADME -LREADME -u -w -r1.5 -r1.6
--- README
+++ README
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@
1. Build and install
-Slony currently supports PostgreSQL 7.3.x, 7.4.x, and 8.x.
+Slony currently supports PostgreSQL 7.3.3 (and higher), 7.4.x, and 8.x.
Slony must be built and installed by the PostgreSQL Unix user. The
-installation target will be identical to the existing PostgreSQL
-installation and the original PostgreSQL source tree must be
-available. On certain platforms (AIX and Solaris are amongst these),
-PostgreSQL must be configured with the option --enable-thread-safety
-to provide correct client libraries.
+installation target must be identical to the existing PostgreSQL
+installation. [[and the original PostgreSQL source tree must be
+available - soon to becom unnecessary]].
+
+On certain platforms (AIX and Solaris are amongst these), PostgreSQL
+must be configured with the option --enable-thread-safety to provide
+correct client libraries.
The location of the PostgreSQL source-tree is specified with the
configure option --with-pgsourcetree=<dir>. [[ An effort is ongoing
@@ -40,15 +42,17 @@
* $datadir/slony1_funcs.v74.sql
* $datadir/xxid.v73.sql
-The .sql files are not fully substituted yet. And it is correct that
-both, the 7.3 and the 7.4 files get installed on a system regardless
-of its version. The slonik admin utility will do the substitution and
-load these files when creating replication nodes. At that time, the
-database being initialized might be remote and of a different version.
-
-At least the two shared objects installed in the $libdir directory
-must be installed onto every computer that is supposed to become a
-Slony node.
+The .sql files are not fully substituted yet. And yes, both the 7.3
+and the 7.4 files get installed on a system, regardless of its
+version. The slonik admin utility does namespace/cluster
+substitutions within the files, and loads them files when creating
+replication nodes. At that point in time, the database being
+initialized may be remote and may run a different version of
+PostgreSQL than that of the local host.
+
+At the very least, the two shared objects installed in the $libdir
+directory must be installed onto every computer that is supposed to
+become a Slony node.
2. Creating a sample database with application
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