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

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Should libedit be preferred to libreadline?
Date: 2005-12-02 18:39:00
Message-ID: 200512021839.jB2Id0G29878@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > The basic problem is that with two deterministic flags the default
> > values for those flags are unclear.
>
> That's a really good point ... the only explainable default would be
> that both are --without, which is a crummy default.
>
> I think the way that Bruce's patch works is fine, only the name of the
> switch needs tweaking ;-)

Already renamed and patch posted:

--with-bonjour build with Bonjour support
--with-openssl build with OpenSSL support
--with-libedit-preferred prefer libedit over readline
--without-readline do not use Readline

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