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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 02:17:49 +0000
From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
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To: Tim Joyce <tim@hoop.co.uk>
CC: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] psql trerminal behaviour
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> i am having problems in psql getting my arror and delete keys to work!  Has
> anyone else experienced this?
> Yesterday I installed postgres from the redhat rpms, and psql arrow keys
> worked fine.  today (for various reasons) i installed postgres from the
> sources, and the arrow keys just return rubbish, so i think it's probably
> not my terminal emulator (teraterm on windows nt).
> I have seen this behavious on other boxes we run (basically some work and
> some don't)

Your ./configure step isn't finding readline and history. They are
located in /usr/{include,lib} on my RH5.2 box and they are found
automatically for me.

                       - Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart				lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California