Am 06.07.24 um 07:51 schrieb Laurenz Albe:
On Fri, 2024-07-05 at 20:47 +0200, Holger Jakobs wrote:
Holger Jakobs <holger@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Recently I had to use PostgreSQL on a Windows based system, and I was
surprised that the psql tool behaves differently, when it comes to the
functionality of the readline library.
The page https://tiswww.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html says:
"Microsoft offers its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as an installable add-on
for Windows 10 and Windows 11. It's basically a separate packaged version of
the Linux kernel that runs as a Windows service, and you can build and install
readline-8.2 within that environment." Maybe it works when the machine doing
the compiling and packaging has WSL installed. Would be worth trying, imho.
Yes, it should be simple to build "psql" with readline in that environment, so
I recommend that you do that.
I guess the Windows binaries don't want to require the users to install
Microsoft's Linux emulation. After all, if you do that, you might as well
use the ready-made Linux binaries.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
I think that it would be possible to statically link any libraries which
aren't available on a standard Windows installation lacking WSL.
Of course, forcing WSL on all Windows users is a no-go.
Maybe this link helps with that:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4737082/statically-linked-correctly-working-readline-library-under-windows
Kind Regards,
Holger
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Holger Jakobs, Bergisch Gladbach
