Tom Lane wrote:
> 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
readline was installed - its part of the basic RedHat 7.2 configuration.
Being a complete Postgresql beginner, I am just happy that with a couple
of changes I got it to build at all.
A different topic: which mailing list do I post questions about production
hardware selection, disk layout (table to disk), RAD, and backup hardware?
Thanks.
Richard