Re: [HACKERS] Should libedit be preferred to libreadline?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Seneca Cunningham <scunning(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Should libedit be preferred to libreadline?
Date: 2005-12-02 02:44:32
Message-ID: 200512020244.jB22iWI10460@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Why don't we have a libedit configure flag?
>
> Well, I can code up a configure flag, but that doesn't mean that the
> thing will compile at the end. :)

Attached is a patch which adds a flag to configure to prefer
BSD-licensed libedit:

--with-preference-bsd-libedit prefer libedit over readline

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