| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
|---|---|
| To: | Jason Schroeder <shrode(at)astanetworks(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "'pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: configure.in patch for readline and curses. |
| Date: | 2001-01-27 09:12:54 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0101271008440.1492-100000@peter.localdomain |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers pgsql-patches |
Jason Schroeder writes:
> The following configure.in patch changes the following:
> 1) It adds --without-readline to control whether the readling package is
> used
> Obviously, this could be extended to the general
> --with[out]-readline[=DIR] pattern, but this is as far as I got.
Why would one not use readline?
> 2) It permits the termcap library to be used IFF ncurses and curses are not
> available.
I don't think older versions of readline can be linked against curses. If
at all, termcap should be tried before curses, but that might not be
portable either. You'd need to try a complete link of a readline-using
program, I think.
--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | GB Clark II | 2001-01-27 11:07:49 | Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone |
| Previous Message | The Hermit Hacker | 2001-01-27 07:19:53 | Re: Which version? |
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Magnus Hagander | 2001-01-27 15:41:18 | Updated Win32 patch |
| Previous Message | Bruce Momjian | 2001-01-27 04:41:21 | Re: patch for src/backends/catalog/genbki.sh.in |