From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: libedit broke in head |
Date: | 2006-10-01 22:44:35 |
Message-ID: | 452044D3.9050205@commandprompt.com |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> I really don't get the libedit-preferred syntax? Why not just:
>
>> --with-libedit use BSD Libedit not GNU Readline
>> --with-readline use GNU Readline not BSD Libedit
>> --without-readline do not use GNU Readline nor BSD Libedit
>
> Well, the point is that the current configure behavior usually does the
> right thing *without* any switches. If we made it behave as above then
> the user would be forced to specify which library was installed on his
> system, which is a bit pedantic when most platforms will have only one.
Well hmmm. The only thing I can say to this, would be if you are
compiling from source, being pedantic is usually a good thing ;). I do
see your point however.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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