* The Hermit Hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001229 17:06] wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > My understanding (from the recent discussion) is that Postgresql
> > > has certain dependancies on libreadline and won't compile/work
> > > without it,
> >
> > Then you're working from a misconception.
>
> I think the misconception that he might be working on here is the point
> someone brought up that when configure runs, it is adding -lreadline to
> the backend compile, even though that I don't think there is any reason
> for doing such?
I thought psql required libreadline, I'm not sure who said it.
If nothing requires it then there's not much point in moving to
libedit from a devel cost/benifit analysis.
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-Alfred Perlstein - [[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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