--with-ossp-uuid        use OSSP UUID library when building /contrib/uuid-ossp

Nikolay Samokhvalov

but just hardwire the specified timezone database path into the executable.
Per discussion, this avoids some packaging disadvantages of using a
symlink.

database.

library.  New configure option --with-ossp-uuid to activate.

now complete). Update for the MSVC6/Borland support now being only libpq.
Move most of the information about full MSVC build from README file into
documentation.

Korry Douglas and Nikhil S

if you do not trust local users.

floating point.

	gmake -C src/bin install

does install a few server-only binaries.

Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways:

        may - permission, "You may borrow my rake."

        can - ability, "I can lift that log."

        might - possibility, "It might rain today."

Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as
in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better
choice.  Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash".

appropriate.

Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways:

        may - permission, "You may borrow my rake."

        can - ability, "I can lift that log."

        might - possibility, "It might rain today."

Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as
in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better
choice.  Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash".

Also update two error messages mentioned in the documenation to match.

should not be done, per Peter.

distinguish major vs minor release upgrades.

the XmlExpr code in various lists, use a representation that has some hope
of reverse-listing correctly (though it's still a de-escaping function
shy of correctness), generally try to make it look more like Postgres
coding conventions.

chapter rather than scattering them across several incomplete fragments.

and penguin reported in recently enough to justify the assumption that
we haven't broken ARM support in 8.2.

that are almost never used.  Put documentation-related variables into the
documentation chapter.

to the discussion of the "--with-ldap" configure option. Patch from
Albe Laurenz.

Albe Laurenz

found.  Besides stopping those early who have no dtrace installed
whatsoever, this will also alert those who have dtrace in /usr/sbin, which
might not be in the path, which would produce confusing failures much later
in the build process.

Add documentation about pointing configure to find dtrace.