Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql v6.5 changes

>
> A quick question -
>
> Last week I compiled and ran ver 6.5 beta2.  I noticed that the "up arrow"
> key would allow me to easily edit my previous command.  In working out a
> quick query, I always thought this was a nice feature that MySQL had and
> Postgres did not.
>
> I have since downloaded and compiled v6.5, and noticed that this function
> has gone away.
>
> Did I do something by chance to enable this, or has this feature been
> withdrawn from the distribution version.  Or, do I need to do something to
> bring this feature back?
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>


I have installed libreadline, and configure uses:

        --with-includes="/usr/local/include/readline" \
        --with-libraries="/usr/local/lib /usr/contrib/lib" \

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