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The PostgreSQL contrib tree
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This subtree contains tools, modules, and examples that are not
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maintained as part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly because
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they only address a limited audience or are too inelegant to be
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sold as an official feature. That, however, does not preclude
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their usefulness.
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This subtree contains utilities, conversion tools, and features that are
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not part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly because they address a
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limited audience or are too experimental to be part of the main source
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tree. This does not preclude their usefulness.
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Each subdirectory contains a README file with information about the
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module. Most items can be built with `gmake all' and installed
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with `gmake install' in the usual fashion, after you have run the
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`configure' script in the top-level directory. Some directories
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supply new user-defined functions, operators, or types. After you
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have installed the files you need to register the new entities in
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the database system by running the commands in the supplied .sql
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file. For example,
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module. Most items can be built with `gmake all' and installed with
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`gmake install' in the usual fashion, after you have run the `configure'
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script in the top-level directory. Some directories supply new
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user-defined functions, operators, or types. After you have installed
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the files you need to register the new entities in the database system
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by running the commands in the supplied .sql file. For example,
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$ psql -d dbname -f module.sql
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doc/TODO

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* Evaluate AIX cs() spinlock macro for performance optimizations (Tatsuo)
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* Clarify use of 'application' and 'command' tags in SGML docs
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* Allow ability to easily build only certain interfaces (Marc)
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* Remove or relicense modules that are not under the BSD license, if possible
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