Chris Browne cbbrowne at lists.slony.info
Wed Jan 28 14:08:24 PST 2009
Update of /home/cvsd/slony1/slony1-engine/doc/adminguide
In directory main.slony.info:/tmp/cvs-serv13617

Modified Files:
	installation.sgml 
Log Message:
Change notes to indicate that xxid.so is no longer relevant in Slony-I 2.0+


Index: installation.sgml
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RCS file: /home/cvsd/slony1/slony1-engine/doc/adminguide/installation.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -C2 -d -r1.35 -r1.36
*** installation.sgml	1 Mar 2008 02:53:40 -0000	1.35
--- installation.sgml	28 Jan 2009 22:08:22 -0000	1.36
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  </para>
  
! <para>The main list of files installed within the PostgreSQL instance is:</para>
  <itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para><filename> $bindir/slon</filename></para></listitem>
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  </para>
  
! <para>The main list of files installed within the &postgres; instance
! is, for versions of &slony1; up to 1.2.x:</para>
  <itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para><filename> $bindir/slon</filename></para></listitem>
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*** 191,196 ****
  </itemizedlist>
  
! <para> (Note that as things change, the list of version-specific files
! may grow...) </para>
  
  <para>The <filename>.sql</filename> files are not fully substituted
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  </itemizedlist>
  
! <para> (Note that as things have change, the list of version-specific
! files has tended to grow...) </para>
  
  <para>The <filename>.sql</filename> files are not fully substituted
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--- 208,230 ----
  may be able to be loaded remotely from other hosts.) </para>
  
+ <para> In &slony1; version 2.0, this changes:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><filename> $bindir/slon</filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename> $bindir/slonik</filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename> $libdir/slony1_funcs$(DLSUFFIX)</filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename> $datadir/slony1_base.sql</filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename> $datadir/slony1_funcs.sql</filename></para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ 
+ <note> <para> Note the loss of <filename>xxid.so</filename> - the txid
+ data type introduced in &postgres; 8.3 makes it
+ obsolete. </para></note>
+ 
+ <note> <para> &slony1; 2.0 gives up compatibility with versions of
+ &postgres; prior to 8.3, and hence <quote>resets</quote> the
+ version-specific base function handling.  There may be function files
+ for version 8.3, 8.4, and such, as replication-relevant divergences of
+ &postgres; functionality take place.  </para></note>
+ 
  </sect2>
  
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  <para> This is only built if you specify <command>--with-docs</command></para>
  
! <para> Note that you may have difficulty building the documentation on Red
! Hat-based systems due to NAMELEN being set way too low.  Havoc
  Pennington opened a bug on this back in mid-2001, back in the days of
  Red Hat 7.1; Red Hat Software has assigned the bug, but there does not
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  <para> This is only built if you specify <command>--with-docs</command></para>
  
! <para> Note that you may have difficulty building the documentation on
! Red Hat-based systems due to NAMELEN being set way too low.  Havoc
  Pennington opened a bug on this back in mid-2001, back in the days of
  Red Hat 7.1; Red Hat Software has assigned the bug, but there does not
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*** 226,231 ****
  indicates that there is intent to address the issue by bumping up the
  value of NAMELEN in some future release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
! but that won't likely help you in 2008. Current Fedora releases have already 
! addressed this issue. </para>
  
  <para>
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  indicates that there is intent to address the issue by bumping up the
  value of NAMELEN in some future release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
! but that may not help you if you are using an elder version where this
! will never be rectified.  Current Fedora releases have already
! addressed this issue.  </para>
  
  <para>



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