psql command history

You need to have the GNU readline library installed. I ran into this with
Solaris. Once it's installed the Postgres configure will find and use it.

Rob

The gnu readline library is installed and the bash history works. So
perhaps it is this other readline library that's what I need?

Thanks,

Laurette
On Fri, 17 May 2002 wsheldah@lexmark.com wrote:

I thought I remembered reading on the list once upon a time that psql used a
different readline library because the GNU readline's GPL isn't entirely
compatible with PostgreSQL's BSD-type license. Did this change, or am I
remembering wrong?

Wes

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04:53:40 PM

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cc: (bcc: Wesley Sheldahl/Lex/Lexmark)
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] psql command history

You need to have the GNU readline library installed. I ran into this with
Solaris. Once it's installed the Postgres configure will find and use it.

Rob

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Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:11 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: [GENERAL] psql command history

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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I thought I remembered reading on the list once upon a time that psql used a
different readline library because the GNU readline's GPL isn't entirely
compatible with PostgreSQL's BSD-type license. Did this change, or am I
remembering wrong?

Wes

"Booth, Robert" <Robert_Booth%intuit.com@interlock.lexmark.com> on 05/17/2002
04:53:40 PM

To: "'Laurette Cisneros'" <laurette%nextbus.com@interlock.lexmark.com>,
pgsql-general%postgresql.org@interlock.lexmark.com
cc: (bcc: Wesley Sheldahl/Lex/Lexmark)
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] psql command history

You need to have the GNU readline library installed. I ran into this with
Solaris. Once it's installed the Postgres configure will find and use it.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurette Cisneros [mailto:laurette@nextbus.com]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:11 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: [GENERAL] psql command history

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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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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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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(510) 420-3137
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Did you read the previous post that you need
libtermcap or its devel?

Laurette Cisneros <laurette@nextbus.com> writes:

Well, it seems that configure is not finding the readline library:
...
checking for readline... (cached) no

^^^^^^

Remove configure's cache file and try again.

regards, tom lane

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,

--
Laurette Cisneros
The Database Group
(510) 420-3137
NextBus Information Systems, Inc.
www.nextbus.com
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