Commit 0b81c7c4 authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Remove obsolete claim that gzip is needed while installing PG's documentation.

It isn't, now that we ship the docs as loose files rather than a sub-tarball.

Also adjust the wording in a couple of places to make the lists of required
software read more consistently.
parent 152c6261
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<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
......@@ -97,9 +97,7 @@ su - postgres
<para>
<application>tar</> is required to unpack the source
distribution, in addition to either
<application>gzip</> or <application>bzip2</>. In
addition, <application>gzip</> is required to install the
documentation.
<application>gzip</> or <application>bzip2</>.
</para>
</listitem>
......@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ su - postgres
<primary>zlib</primary>
</indexterm>
The <productname>zlib</productname> compression library will be
The <productname>zlib</productname> compression library is
used by default. If you don't want to use it then you must
specify the <option>--without-zlib</option> option to
<filename>configure</filename>. Using this option disables
......@@ -237,7 +235,7 @@ su - postgres
<listitem>
<para>
If you want to build the <application>PL/Tcl</application>
To build the <application>PL/Tcl</application>
procedural language, you of course need a <productname>Tcl</>
installation. If you are using a pre-8.4 release of
<productname>Tcl</>, ensure that it was built without multithreading
......@@ -266,10 +264,10 @@ su - postgres
<listitem>
<para>
<application>Kerberos</>, <productname>OpenSSL</>,
You need <application>Kerberos</>, <productname>OpenSSL</>,
<productname>OpenLDAP</>, and/or
<application>PAM</>, if you want to support authentication or
encryption using these services.
encryption using those services.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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