[ADMIN] readline missing on linux?

2003-08-14 Thread Randolph Jones
I am getting configure failures due to missing readline. I have redhat 9, 2.4.21, with readline and readline-devel 2.4.2 installed. I am trying to build 7.3.3 Below is part of my config.log Any help greatly appreciated TIA rfjones } configure:5786: result: no configure:5800: checking for readline c

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux?

2003-08-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Just a question --- if you link readline against -ltermcap when the library is created, you don't need to add -ltermcap when you link apps to readline, right? You somehow bind the dependency in to the shared library, right?

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux?

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It appears your readline needs -ltermcap, -lterminfo, or -lcurses to > link properly. I think this happens when the readline library is not > linked against those when it is created. On Red Hat 8.0, readline depends on -ltermcap. I would imagine the sa

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux

2003-08-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
I just read that the problem reporter got it working ... nevermind. --- Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Uh, I am not sure. I would re-install readline and see if it picks up > those libraries this time. > > What failures are you

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux

2003-08-14 Thread Randolph Jones
From: Bruce Momjian It appears your readline needs -ltermcap, -lterminfo, or -lcurses to link properly. I think this happens when the readline library is not linked against those when it is created. --- Randolph Jones wrote:

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux?

2003-08-14 Thread Mike Castle
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Just a question --- if you link readline against -ltermcap when the >> library is created, you don't need to add -ltermcap when you link apps >> to readline, right? You somehow bind t

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux?

2003-08-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
It appears your readline needs -ltermcap, -lterminfo, or -lcurses to link properly. I think this happens when the readline library is not linked against those when it is created. --- Randolph Jones wrote: > I am getting con

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux

2003-08-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Uh, I am not sure. I would re-install readline and see if it picks up those libraries this time. What failures are you seeing, exactly? Oh, I remember, it is linking failures. You can fix it manually if you add -ltermcap to the link line, and you can even have configure add it using one of its

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux?

2003-08-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Just a question --- if you link readline against -ltermcap when the > > library is created, you don't need to add -ltermcap when you link apps > > to readline, right? You somehow bind the dependency in to the shared > > library, right

Re: [ADMIN] readline missing on linux?

2003-08-14 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just a question --- if you link readline against -ltermcap when the > library is created, you don't need to add -ltermcap when you link apps > to readline, right? You somehow bind the dependency in to the shared > library, right? It could be done that w