Re: [PORTS] [HACKERS] Should libedit be preferred to libreadline?
Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
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Jim C. Nasby wrote: > 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. Why don't we have a libedit configure flag? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [email protected] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend