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3 | 3 | <chapter id="installation"> |
4 | 4 | <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> |
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542 | 542 | This script will run a number of tests to determine values for various |
543 | 543 | system dependent variables and detect any quirks of your |
544 | 544 | operating system, and finally will create several files in the |
545 | | - build tree to record what it found.(You can also run |
| 545 | + build tree to record what it found. You can also run |
546 | 546 | <filename>configure</filename> in a directory outside the source |
547 | | - tree if you want to keep the build directory separate.) |
| 547 | + tree, if you want to keep the build directory separate. This |
| 548 | + procedure is also called a |
| 549 | + <indexterm><primary>VPATH</primary></indexterm><firstterm>VPATH</firstterm> |
| 550 | + build. Here's how: |
| 551 | +<screen> |
| 552 | +<userinput>mkdir build_dir</userinput> |
| 553 | +<userinput>cd build_dir</userinput> |
| 554 | +<userinput>/path/to/source/tree/configure [options go here]</userinput> |
| 555 | +<userinput>gmake</userinput> |
| 556 | +</screen> |
548 | 557 | </para> |
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550 | 559 | <para> |
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