Commit 85863060 authored by Peter Eisentraut's avatar Peter Eisentraut

Add tip about building plpython 2 and 3. Fix link to Python docs.

parent 7cd082f9
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<chapter id="installation"> <chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
...@@ -1515,7 +1515,14 @@ su - postgres ...@@ -1515,7 +1515,14 @@ su - postgres
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Full path to the Python interpreter. This will be used to Full path to the Python interpreter. This will be used to
determine the dependencies for building PL/Python. determine the dependencies for building PL/Python. Also,
whether Python 2 or 3 is specified here (or otherwise
implicitly chosen) determines which variant of the PL/Python
language becomes available. See
<![%standalone-include[the <application>PL/Python</>
documentation]]>
<![%standalone-ignore[<xref linkend="plpython-python23">]]>
for more information.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
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<chapter id="plpython"> <chapter id="plpython">
<title>PL/Python - Python Procedural Language</title> <title>PL/Python - Python Procedural Language</title>
...@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ ...@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@
whether PL/Python for Python 2 or Python 3 or both are available. whether PL/Python for Python 2 or Python 3 or both are available.
</para> </para>
<tip>
<para>
The built variant depends on which Python version was found during
the installation or which version was explicitly set using
the <envar>PYTHON</envar> environment variable;
see <xref linkend="install-procedure">. To make both variants of
PL/Python available in one installation, the source tree has to be
configured and built twice.
</para>
</tip>
<para> <para>
This results in the following usage and migration strategy: This results in the following usage and migration strategy:
...@@ -148,7 +159,7 @@ ...@@ -148,7 +159,7 @@
<para> <para>
See also the See also the
document <ulink url="http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html">What's document <ulink url="http://docs.python.org/py3k/whatsnew/3.0.html">What's
New In Python 3.0</ulink> for more information about porting to New In Python 3.0</ulink> for more information about porting to
Python 3. Python 3.
</para> </para>
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