Re: [PORTS] [HACKERS] Should libedit be preferred to libreadline?
"Jim C. Nasby" <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 07:50:48PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > Nice analysis, but we can't hack configure like that. It has to be able > to be fully generated from its sources. I think the other source file > you would need to look at is config/programs.m4. (Not sure about quoting > $ac_popdir - why only that one?) > > Also, I suspect we'd want to enable the libedit preference with a switch > rather than just force it, if we want to go this way. BTW, we've run into issues with readline from a licensing standpoint. It would be really nice if libedit was supported where practical (I suspect most mainstream OSes support libedit) since it's BSD licensed. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [email protected] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match