Samik Raychauhduri <samik@cae.wisc.edu> writes:
> I guess this question will be too easy to most of the people here,
> though I couldn't figure this out myself. I want to recompile only psql
> with the readline library. When I installed PG, GNU readline package was
> not there. Now db is running fine, and I don't want to disturb it. Can
> anybody point me to the brief steps to do this.
There is not presently any method to recompile only psql. However, you
could reinstall only psql. Try this:
cd ...postgres top directory..../configure same-options-as-you-used-beforemakecd src/bin/psqlmake install
regards, tom lane