Re: postgresql-7.2b4/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.h - Mailing list pgsql-committers

Richard Emberson <emberson@phc.net> writes:
> FYI: from a first time Postgresql builder:
>> uname -a
> Linux olympia.localDomain 2.4.9-13 #1 Tue Oct 30 20:11:04 EST 2001 i686
> unknown
>> ./configure --enable-multibyte --with-java --enable-syslog --with-perl
> --with-tcl

> Had to add to tab-complete.h:
> #include </usr/include/readline/rltypedefs.h>
> #include </usr/include/readline/readline.h>

> and change in the local directory Makefile from:
> psql: $(OBJS) $(libpq_builddir)/libpq.a
>         $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(libpq) $(LDFLAGS)  $(LIBS) -o $@
> to:

> psql: $(OBJS) $(libpq_builddir)/libpq.a
>         $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(libpq) $(LDFLAGS) -L/usr/lib $(LIBS)
> -o $@

> So that it would pick up the readline libraray

I don't believe either of those changes is necessary --- /usr/include
and /usr/lib should be searched by default.  Perhaps you didn't have
libreadline installed to begin with?

            regards, tom lane