Re: no history in psql on OpenBSD

On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 05:44:25PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Denis A. Doroshenko writes:
> > i use PostgreSQL on OpenBSD (various systems, including 2.5-2.8 beta)
> > and like it much. one thing, i have to make hand changes to source
> > (namely to src/bin/psql/input.h) to make _existing in system_ readline's
> > history working... the point is that for OpenBSD autconf finds and
> > defines HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H and HAVE_LIBREADLINE and
> > HAVE_HISTORY_IN_READLINE, but there's no history.h in the system, thus
> > HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H nor HAVE_HISTORY_H aren't defined.
>
> But does readline.h declare the history functions? In any case I'd
> contact the package maintainer and ask him to install the history.h
> file.

uhm... ok, i may understand your point, but hey, read the defines'
names and doesn't it seem to be logical if

HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H
HAVE_LIBREADLINE
HAVE_HISTORY_IN_READLINE

are defined, then define USE_HISTORY?? the last of the three
explicitly defines there's history support...

> It belongs to readline, and OpenBSD is the only system causing
> problems with this.

yes, OpenBSD is very picky about including tons of features in the
world, and GNU's ones as well :-)

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