Isabella Ghiurea <isabella(dot)ghiurea(at)nrc-cnrc(dot)gc(dot)ca> writes:
> My concern is after a PG upgrade to 8.3.6 the psql behavior has been
> changed : can't use history line anymore .
Apparently you failed to build it with readline support. The correct
response is to fix that; no amount of fooling with psqlrc files will
help.
regards, tom lane