From: "Frank Bax" <fbax@sympatico.ca>
> I have a machine with OpenBSD 2.6 and PSQL 6.5.3 that allows the use of
> up-arrow to retreive/edit previous commands.
>
> I recently built a new machine with OpenBSD 2.8 and PSQL 7.0.2 (from
> package) and this feature is GONE!
>
> Is there some way to get this functionality back (hopefully without
> changing a compile-time option and compiling from source)?
Check the docs/FAQ for mentions of the "readline" library - you either
haven't got it or install didn't find it.
You are going to need a recompile, but if you're cunning you might be able
to get away with just recompiling the client (don't ask me how).
- Richard Huxton