[postgis-users] regarding Makefile errors and my own question

[Paul Ramsey]

Fair enough. Which fake documentation led you to believe something else, 
it would be good to change that.
P.

pw wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> It is not clear in the installation instructions/documentation how to
> actually build postgis.
> 
> The *REAL* installation information is found at:
> 
> http://postgis.refractions.net/README.postgis.txt
> 
> The README discloses that this is meant to be added to a
> postgresql build:
> 
> 
> .....................................................
> 
> INSTALLATION:
> 
> PostGIS is compatible with PostgreSQL 7.1 and above.
> 
> To install the module, move this directory to the "contrib" directory of
> your
> PostgreSQL source installation. Alternately, edit the "top_buildir" in
> the 
> Makefile and point it at your PostgreSQL source tree. You must have a 
> PostgreSQL source tree, and you must have run succesfully built and
> installed
> it for this to work. 
> 
> .........................................................
> 
> 
> Hope this helps someone.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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