Revert "Document support for VPATH builds of extensions."

This reverts commit 565beb41bdd73611ddb26165b7f6bb8b6157e49d.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
index 5015002aac8eca5b411c5e1c42b8924fd4441e48..60fa1a8922cfad4ed6b826a5acf27479ded1eef1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ include $(PGXS)
     To use the <acronym>PGXS</acronym> infrastructure for your extension,
     you must write a simple makefile.
     In the makefile, you need to set some variables
-    and include the global <acronym>PGXS</acronym> makefile.
+    and finally include the global <acronym>PGXS</acronym> makefile.
     Here is an example that builds an extension module named
     <literal>isbn_issn</literal>, consisting of a shared library containing
     some C code, an extension control file, a SQL script, and a documentation
@@ -1171,33 +1171,6 @@ include $(PGXS)
     </para>
    </caution>
 
-   <para>
-    You can also run <literal>make</literal> in a directory outside the source
-    tree of your extension, if you want to keep the build directory separate.
-    This procedure is also called a
-    <indexterm><primary>VPATH</primary></indexterm><firstterm>VPATH</firstterm>
-    build.  Here's how:
-    <screen>
-      <userinput>mkdir build_dir</userinput>
-      <userinput>cd build_dir</userinput>
-      <userinput>make -f /path/to/extension/source/tree/Makefile</userinput>
-      <userinput>make -f /path/to/extension/source/tree/Makefile install</userinput>
-    </screen>
-   </para>
-
-   <para>
-    Alternatively, you can set up a directory for a VPATH build in a similar
-    way to how it is done for the core code. One way to to this is using the
-    core script <filename>config/prep_buildtree</>. Once this has been done
-    you can build by setting the <literal>make</literal> variable
-    <varname>USE_VPATH</varname> like this:
-    <screen>
-      <userinput>make USE_VPATH=/path/to/extension/source/tree</userinput>
-      <userinput>make USE_VPATH=/path/to/extension/source/tree install</userinput>
-    </screen>
-    This procedure can work with a greater variety of directory layouts.
-   </para>
-
    <para>
     The scripts listed in the <varname>REGRESS</> variable are used for
     regression testing of your module, which can be invoked by <literal>make