Thread: Replacement of readline by libedit in PostgreSQL 8.1.x

Hi all,

In 8.2.x version of postgres, there is a configuration switch   
--with-libedit-preferred  prefer BSD Libedit over GNU Readline.
However, I don't see this switch in 8.1.x.
Since people still use 8.1.x version, is there any plan to back-port 
this feature?
If so, I like to work on this.

Thanks
Dhanaraj

Dhanaraj M wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In 8.2.x version of postgres, there is a configuration switch   
> --with-libedit-preferred  prefer BSD Libedit over GNU Readline.
> However, I don't see this switch in 8.1.x.
> Since people still use 8.1.x version, is there any plan to back-port 
> this feature?
> If so, I like to work on this.
>

Policy is that we don't backport features. That is one of the ways in 
which we guarantee stability in the released branches.

IIRC there are ways to build earlier releases with libedit. Note that 
psql is the only place where this is used.

cheers

andrew