Re: [GENERAL] libreadline and Debian 5 - not missing just badly named

2010-06-03 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Thursday 03 June 2010 20.03:19 J. Bagg wrote: > because I tend to skim > over the PostgreSQL related ones, assuming they're connected with the > ready-built version. I'm just curious: why are you compiling your own? If you want to stick with lenny and need 8.4: It's in backports.org (package

Re: [GENERAL] libreadline and Debian 5 - not missing just badly named

2010-06-03 Thread J. Bagg
Thanks Dim, I didn't realise they had that package - probably because I tend to skim over the PostgreSQL related ones, assuming they're connected with the ready-built version. A good lesson for me. I'm new to Debian - just switched from Red Hat as Fedora seems to be getting monstrous and too

Re: [GENERAL] libreadline and Debian 5 - not missing just badly named

2010-06-03 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
"J. Bagg" writes: > I've just had the common problem with not finding the readline library while > compiling/linking 8.4.4 on a new linux (Debian 5 - lenny). Tried: apt-get build-dep postgresql-8.4 That command will install all what you need to compile your own PostgreSQL. Some will add "and

Re: [GENERAL] libreadline and Debian 5 - not missing just badly named

2010-06-03 Thread J. Bagg
Thanks for the pointer to the correct packages. I didn't realise that the dev versions had the generic libs but, yes, you do need them for the headers anyway. Apologies for wasting time. J -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscript

Re: [GENERAL] libreadline and Debian 5 - not missing just badly named

2010-06-02 Thread Stephen Frost
* Tom Lane (t...@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote: > "J. Bagg" writes: > > I've just had the common problem with not finding the readline library > > while compiling/linking 8.4.4 on a new linux (Debian 5 - lenny). Nothing > > seemed to work: --with-libraries=/lib and pointing CFLAGs there all > > failed t

Re: [GENERAL] libreadline and Debian 5 - not missing just badly named

2010-06-02 Thread Tom Lane
"J. Bagg" writes: > I've just had the common problem with not finding the readline library > while compiling/linking 8.4.4 on a new linux (Debian 5 - lenny). Nothing > seemed to work: --with-libraries=/lib and pointing CFLAGs there all > failed to find readline. The installed packages though sa

[GENERAL] libreadline and Debian 5 - not missing just badly named

2010-06-02 Thread J. Bagg
I've just had the common problem with not finding the readline library while compiling/linking 8.4.4 on a new linux (Debian 5 - lenny). Nothing seemed to work: --with-libraries=/lib and pointing CFLAGs there all failed to find readline. The installed packages though said that it was present.