Examining the output of: ldd `which postgres` - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Sean Chittenden
Subject Examining the output of: ldd `which postgres`
Date
Msg-id 20030905215357.GE28462@perrin.nxad.com
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% ldd `which postgres`
/usr/local/bin/postgres:       libintl.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.5 (0x282e6000)       libz.so.2 =>
/lib/libz.so.2(0x282ef000)       libreadline.so.4 => /lib/libreadline.so.4 (0x282fd000)       libcrypt.so.2 =>
/lib/libcrypt.so.2(0x28325000)       libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2 (0x2833e000)       libutil.so.3 => /lib/libutil.so.3
(0x28357000)      libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x28363000)       libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3
(0x2843d000)      libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x2852c000)
 

Is it really necessary for postgres to be linked with ncurses (288K)
and readline (156K)?  It's .5M, not the end of the world, but it seems
excessive.  I know the postmaster has a CLI interface, but does it
really require ncurses or readline?  -sc

-- 
Sean Chittenden


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