On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 5:52 PM Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 09:40:59PM +0200, Daniel Gustafsson wrote: > > I happened to stumble over the Cygwin section of the installation docs, > and was > > surprised to see references to not entirely bleeding-edge Windows > versions: > > > > "The adduser command is not supported; use the appropriate user > management > > application on Windows NT, 2000, or XP. Otherwise, skip this step." > > > > Not knowing the first thing about Cygwin I might be out cycling here; it > does > > sound like it's about due for an update to reflect current versions of > Windows, > > or is this just relevant for older versions? Skimming backwards we > have, with > > various wordings, recommendeed against Cygwin since 8.0, the current > wording > > going back to 8.4 more or less unchanged. > It's cute that it also talks about doing things on "Windows NT".... Any "non-NT" Windows has not existed for *many* years. > > I am thinking the list of operating systems should just be removed. > Are you referring to the whole section 16.7 in the 12 version ( https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/installation-platform-notes.html)? I can agree with that, and say that maybe that type of content is better maintained on the wiki? -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ <http://www.hagander.net/> Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ <http://www.redpill-linpro.com/>
