Re: psql command history

Well, it seems that configure is not finding the readline library:

...
checking for readline... (cached) no
...

but readline and readline-devel packages are installed (I use yast2 on
suse). Why would postgres configure not be finding it?

Such an irritating little gnat.

L.
On Fri, 17 May 2002, Keehan Mallon wrote:

> I'm not too familiar with Suse, but just had this problem on very
> customized Mandrake install. I found that installing readline,
> readline-devel, libtermcap then doing make clean, configure, make, make
> install again and voila history works.
>
> I think it was Alvaro (can't get to the list right now) who give me the
> hint about libtermcap.
>
> Check through your config.log and config.cache and if libtermcap or the
> readline hints above don't solve the problem, then post them to the
> list.
>
> Keehan
>
> --- Laurette Cisneros <laurette(at)nextbus(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > Silly question:
> >
> > When I use psql on redhat, the history works in that I can use the up
> > and
> > down arrows keys to go between past commands just like the bash
> > shell.
> >
> > However, on my suse system, the up and down arrow keys do not do
> > this.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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