Re: [BUGS] REQ: build src/backend/postgres w/o -lncurses or -lreadline

2001-05-16 Thread Todd R. Eigenschink
Peter Eisentraut writes: >> I don't see much value in fixing this just for libreadline (and even >> less in fixing it by disabling readline support entirely). I think I >> recall Peter E. having mentioned that there'd be a better answer in >> autoconf 2.50 ... so I'm inclined not to touch the pro

Re: [BUGS] REQ: build src/backend/postgres w/o -lncurses or -lreadline

2001-05-14 Thread Tom Lane
> It is my understanding that having them there causes no bloat in the > binary. No symbols are resolved in those libs. >> >> Perhaps not, but the postgres binary then becomes dependent on those >> libs being available (if they're shared). > Good point. Autoconf has a bad habit of putting all

Re: [BUGS] REQ: build src/backend/postgres w/o -lncurses or -lreadline

2001-05-14 Thread Todd R. Eigenschink
Bruce Momjian writes: >> I realize this is a sort of special-purpose request. It's not a big >> deal to build the whole thing, then just relink src/backend/postgres >> without those libs. It just feels dirty to have them there when they >> aren't needed. >> > >It is my understanding that having