Don't install postmaster symlink anymore

petere · pull[bot] · commit 9155754264ba · 2023-10-26T07:29:53.000Z
This has long been deprecated. Some of the build systems didn't even install it. Also remove man page. Reviewed-by: Karl O. Pinc <kop@karlpinc.com> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/ece84b69-8f94-8b88-925f-64207cb3a2f0@enterprisedb.com
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ Complete list of usable sgml source files in this directory.
 <!ENTITY pgupgrade          SYSTEM "pgupgrade.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgwaldump          SYSTEM "pg_waldump.sgml">
 <!ENTITY postgres           SYSTEM "postgres-ref.sgml">
-<!ENTITY postmaster         SYSTEM "postmaster.sgml">
 <!ENTITY psqlRef            SYSTEM "psql-ref.sgml">
 <!ENTITY reindexdb          SYSTEM "reindexdb.sgml">
 <!ENTITY vacuumdb           SYSTEM "vacuumdb.sgml">
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@
    &pgupgrade;
    &pgwaldump;
    &postgres;
-   &postmaster;
 
  </reference>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/Makefile b/src/backend/Makefile
@@ -216,12 +216,6 @@ endif
 
 install-bin: postgres $(POSTGRES_IMP) installdirs
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) postgres$(X) '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/postgres$(X)'
-ifneq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
-	@rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/postmaster$(X)'
-	ln -s postgres$(X) '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/postmaster$(X)'
-else
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) postgres$(X) '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/postmaster$(X)'
-endif
 ifeq ($(MAKE_EXPORTS), true)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(POSTGRES_IMP) '$(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir)/$(POSTGRES_IMP)'
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(MKLDEXPORT) '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(MKLDEXPORT_DIR)/mkldexport.sh'
@@ -250,7 +244,7 @@ endif
 ##########################################################################
 
 uninstall:
-	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/postgres$(X)' '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/postmaster'
+	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/postgres$(X)'
 ifeq ($(MAKE_EXPORTS), true)
 	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir)/$(POSTGRES_IMP)'
 	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(pgxsdir)/$(MKLDEXPORT_DIR)/mkldexport.sh'
