Re: psql command history

Ah, that's much better!

It needed the readline-devel package (installed previously) and then when I
cleared the config.cache, did configure, make, make install all is well.

Thanks to all for the help!

Laurette

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Booth, Robert wrote:

> The (cached) marker is telling you that configure is using information that
> it's already cached.  You need to remove the configure cache file.  I can't
> remember what exactly it's called, but it's an obvious name if you search
> the directory.
>
> Rob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Laurette Cisneros [mailto:laurette@nextbus.com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:31 PM
> > To: Keehan Mallon
> > Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] psql command history
> >
> >
> > Well, it seems that configure is not finding the readline library:
> >
> > ...
> > checking for readline... (cached) no
> > ...
> >
> > but readline and readline-devel packages are installed (I use yast2 on
> > suse).  Why would postgres configure not be finding it?
> >
> > Such an irritating little gnat.
> >
> > L.
> > On Fri, 17 May 2002, Keehan Mallon wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not too familiar with Suse, but just had this problem on very
> > > customized Mandrake install.  I found that installing readline,
> > > readline-devel, libtermcap then doing make clean,
> > configure, make, make
> > > install again and voila history works.
> > >
> > > I think it was Alvaro (can't get to the list right now) who
> > give me the
> > > hint about libtermcap.
> > >
> > > Check through your config.log and config.cache and if
> > libtermcap or the
> > > readline hints above don't solve the problem, then post them to the
> > > list.
> > >
> > > Keehan
> > >
> > > --- Laurette Cisneros <laurette@nextbus.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Silly question:
> > > >
> > > > When I use psql on redhat, the history works in that I
> > can use the up
> > > > and
> > > > down arrows keys to go between past commands just like the bash
> > > > shell.
> > > >
> > > > However, on my suse system, the up and down arrow keys do not do
> > > > this.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
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