End users shouldn't have to invoke a separate command to install the

documentation. Therefore it's now installed by default. If there is no
documentation to be found (i.e., you are not using the distribution)
then this step is skipped.

Add --docdir option to configure to control installation directory.

GNUmakefile.in

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # PostgreSQL top level makefile
 #
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/GNUmakefile.in,v 1.7 2000/07/16 14:50:28 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/GNUmakefile.in,v 1.8 2000/07/17 22:31:56 petere Exp $
 #
 
 subdir =
@@ -9,20 +9,23 @@ top_builddir = .
 include src/Makefile.global
 
 all:
+	$(MAKE) -C doc all
 	$(MAKE) -C src all
 	@echo "All of PostgreSQL successfully made. Ready to install."
 
 install:
+	$(MAKE) -C doc install
 	$(MAKE) -C src install
 	@cat $(srcdir)/register.txt
 
-installdirs uninstall:
+installdirs uninstall clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
 	$(MAKE) -C src $@
 
-clean:
+# Important: distclean `doc' before `src', otherwise Makefile.global
-	$(MAKE) -C src clean
+# will be gone too soon.
-
 distclean maintainer-clean:
+	-$(MAKE) -C doc $@
 	-$(MAKE) -C src $@
 	-rm -f config.cache config.log config.status GNUmakefile
 

configure.in

@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ dnl 8. System services
 dnl
 dnl Read the Autoconf manual for details.
 
+dnl The GNU folks apparently haven't heard that some people don't use
+dnl Texinfo. Use this sorcery to use "docdir" instead of "infodir".
+define([info], [doc])
+define([infodir], [docdir])
 AC_INIT(src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c)
+undefine([infodir])
+undefine([info])
+
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr/local/pgsql)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(src/include/config.h)
 
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ esac
     AC_MSG_ERROR([
 *******************************************************************
 PostgreSQL has apparently not been ported to your platform yet.
-To try a manual configuration, look info the src/template directory
+To try a manual configuration, look into the src/template directory
 for a similar platform and use the \`--with-template=' option.
 
 Please also contact <pgsql-ports@postgresql.org> to see about

doc/Makefile

@@ -1,78 +1,58 @@
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Makefile
+# PostgreSQL documentation installation makefile
-#	Postgres documentation installation makefile
-#	Thomas Lockhart
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 #
-#
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/Makefile,v 1.18 2000/07/17 22:31:57 petere Exp $
-# IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/Makefile,v 1.17 2000/07/16 14:50:32 petere Exp $
 #
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-PGDOCS= $(POSTGRESDIR)/doc
+# This directory doesn't build anything, it is only responsible for
-SRCDIR= ../src
+# installing the documenation. It is invoked automatically by the
-
+# top-level makefile. The files to be installed are prepared specially
-TAR= tar
+# and are placed in this directory during distribution bundling. In
+# CVS-based trees these files don't exist, so we skip the installation
+# in that case.
+#
+# To actually build the documenation, look into the src/ and src/sgml
+# subdirectories.
 
-# Pick up Makefile.global from the source area
+subdir = doc
-# This is the only resource from the code source area and is optional.
+top_builddir = ..
-# Actually, we want this to get Makefile.custom - thomas 1998-03-01
+include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(SRCDIR)/Makefile.global), )
-include $(SRCDIR)/Makefile.global
-endif
-
-# Hmm, made this optional but jade _really_ doesn't like them missing
-# - thomas 1998-03-01
-ifneq ($(HDSL), )
-HTMLOPTS= -d $(HDSL)
-endif
-ifneq ($(PDSL), )
-PRINTOPTS= -d $(PDSL)
-endif
 
-MODULES= admin postgres programmer tutorial user
+MODULES := admin postgres programmer tutorial user
-TARGETS= $(MODULES:%=%.html)
 
-.PRECIOUS: postgres.tex postgres.dvi
+found_MODULES := $(foreach module, $(MODULES), $(shell test -f $(srcdir)/$(module).tar.gz && echo $(module)))
-.PHONY: beforeinstall install all clean distclean
 
-beforeinstall:
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(srcdir)/man.tar.gz),)
-	-@if [ ! -d $(PGDOCS) ]; then mkdir $(PGDOCS); fi
+found_man := yes
+endif
 
-install:
-	$(MAKE) all
-	$(MAKE) man
 
-all: beforeinstall $(MODULES)
+all:
 
-clean:
-	rm -rf $(MODULES)
 
-distclean:
+install: all installdirs
-	$(MAKE) clean
+ifneq ($(strip $(found_MODULES)),)
+	for module in $(found_MODULES); do \
+	  gunzip -c $${module}.tar.gz | ( cd $(docdir)/$$module && $(TAR) xf - ) || \
+	  exit; \
+	done
+endif
+ifdef found_man
+	gunzip -c man.tar.gz | ( cd $(mandir) && $(TAR) xf - )
+endif
 
-man:
-	-@if test ! -d $(POSTMANDIR) ; then mkdir $(POSTMANDIR) ; fi
-	gunzip -c man.tar.gz | (cd $(POSTMANDIR) ; $(TAR) xf - )
 
-#
+installdirs:
-# Generic production rules
+	$(mkinstalldirs) $(mandir) $(addprefix $(docdir)/, . $(found_MODULES))
-#
 
-# Unpack tar file
-# Put into area pointed to by $(PGDOCS).
-## Make a local file to keep track of dependencies,
-##  if $(PGDOCS) points somewhere else.
-## Disable this for now - thomas 1998-03-01
-# Remove the contents of the target directory
-#  to replace symlinks - thomas 1998-03-01
 
-%:	%.tar.gz
+uninstall:
-	rm -rf ./$@ $(PGDOCS)/$*
+	-rm -rf $(addprefix $(docdir)/, $(MODULES))
-	if test ! -d $(PGDOCS)/$* ; then mkdir $(PGDOCS)/$* ; fi
+ifdef found_man
-	gunzip -c $< | (cd $(PGDOCS)/$* ; $(TAR) xf - )
+	-rm -f $(addprefix $(mandir)/, $(shell gunzip -c man.tar.gz | tar tf -))
-#	touch ./$*
+endif

src/Makefile.global.in

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.87 2000/07/16 14:50:41 petere Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/Makefile.global.in,v 1.88 2000/07/17 22:31:59 petere Exp $
 #
 # NOTES
 #    Essentially all Postgres make files include this file and use the
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ localstatedir = @localstatedir@
 libdir = @libdir@
 includedir = @includedir@
 mandir = @mandir@
+docdir = @docdir@
 
-docdir = ${prefix}/doc
 odbcinst_ini_dir = @odbcinst_ini_dir@
 
 # old variable names for installation directories