Re: [ADMIN] compression -Fx "problem"

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> This has got to stop.  We've seen "my cursor keys don't work in psql", now
> we see "compression doesn't work" every so often.  Somehow we have to get
> deterministic output from configure without "paying attention".  Either
> require these libraries by default (my preference) or not, but not "take
> what's there".

So you're thinking "error out unless user said --without-zlib or
--without-readline"?

I could live with that, assuming that the error message mentioned that
switch as the way to build without the library.
        regards, tom lane