Re: Static build of psql with readline support

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Static build of psql with readline support
Date: 2006-03-23 20:25:08
Message-ID: 44230424.4030401@dunslane.net
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

>> To the GP, adding -lncurses (or rather the static equivalent) to your
>> link line should solve it. But if you include any other libraries like
>> ssl or kerberos be prepared to add a lot more.
>
>
> With -lncurses or -lcurses I still can't get this to work. I add it
> to the ${CC} line, right?
>

What is the virtue of this in any case? I can see considerable use for a
statically linked pg_dump, to help with upgrading, but not too much for
statically linked anything else, especially since we are now pretty
relocatable on most platforms at least.

cheers

andrew

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