Provide a single way to install pg_repack

Provide only CREATE EXTENSION support on PG >= 9.1 and only the sql script on
PG < 9.1.

Also dropped the /echo cruft in the extension script: it is broken on pg 9.1
and 9.1.1, and because the script is not installed on versions that don't
support CREATE EXTENSION it is just not terribly useful.
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Daniele Varrazzo
2012-11-12 00:59:04 +00:00
parent ac068cc69b
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@ -306,12 +306,17 @@ packages for developer (postgresql-devel, etc.) and add ``pg_config`` to your
You can also use Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 to build the program on Windows.
There are project files in the ``msvc`` folder.
Start PostgreSQL and execute the script to register functions to your
database::
Install the pg_repack extension in the database you want to process. On
PostgreSQL 9.1 or following pg_repack is packaged as an extension::
$ pg_ctl start
$ psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION pg_repack" -d your_database
For previous PostgreSQL versions you should load the script ``pg_repack.sql``
that can be found in the ``contrib`` subdirectory of the directory reported by
``--pg_config sharedir``, e.g. ::
$ psql -f "$(pg_config --sharedir)/contrib/pg_repack.sql" -d your_database
Requirements
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