Examining the output of: ldd `which postgres`

% ldd `which postgres`
/usr/local/bin/postgres:
libintl.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.5 (0x282e6000)
libz.so.2 => /lib/libz.so.2 (0x282ef000)
libreadline.so.4 => /lib/libreadline.so.4 (0x282fd000)
libcrypt.so.2 => /lib/libcrypt.so.2 (0x28325000)
libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2 (0x2833e000)
libutil.so.3 => /lib/libutil.so.3 (0x28357000)
libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x28363000)
libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x2843d000)
libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x2852c000)

Is it really necessary for postgres to be linked with ncurses (288K)
and readline (156K)? It's .5M, not the end of the world, but it seems
excessive. I know the postmaster has a CLI interface, but does it
really require ncurses or readline? -sc

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Sean Chittenden