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To: "Tim Joyce" <tim@hoop.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] psql trerminal behaviour 
In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:24:25 +0100
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:42:39 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

"Tim Joyce" <tim@hoop.co.uk> writes:
> i think that the postgres build should check more thoroughly that
> /usr/include/readline/*.h exists and not let you make with out it,

That cure would be a lot worse than the disease!

> as pgsql is quite unusable without arrow and del keys.

If you don't have readline installed, then you're not used to using it,
so I doubt you will consider psql "unusable" without it.  Postgres is
already a pain to install; adding more required prerequisite packages
would make it worse...

			regards, tom lane