From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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To: | Andrew Perrin <aperrin(at)socrates(dot)berkeley(dot)edu> |
Cc: | <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: recompiling to use gnu readline? |
Date: | 2001-03-10 23:01:44 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0103110000210.759-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Andrew Perrin writes:
> I inadvertantly compiled pg 7.0.3 without gnu readline installed, so I now
> don't have access to lots of the nice command-line utilities it would have
> conveyed. Is there any way to add in the functionality now, or do I need
> to recompile?
Need to recompile.
> If I need to recompile, how can I do so without wiping out
> existing data?
Just don't wipe it out. You can use the new executable with existing
data. In fact you only need to recompile psql (src/bin/psql) after
re-configuring, not the postmaster.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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