Re: LGPL

From: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
To: Joshua D(dot)Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: LGPL
Date: 2005-06-17 19:13:22
Message-ID: 94A95101-4B53-46BC-B701-94E3E99C2D6E@fastcrypt.com
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Huh ?

./configure --without-readliine

works just fine, there is no requirement.

Dave
On 17-Jun-05, at 3:04 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> With libreadline, we are not taking their code or distributing
>>>> it, but
>>>> merely linking to it if it exists.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But we are also requiring it. The rpms won't install unless
>>> readline is available.
>>>
>> that isn't a PostgreSQL requirement though, that is a packagers
>> requirement ...
>>
>
> If we link to readline, postgresql won't start without it.
> Regardless of the package. That seems pretty much a postgresql
> requirement ;)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
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