% ldd `which postgres`
/usr/local/bin/postgres:
        libintl.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.5 (0x282e6000)
        libz.so.2 => /lib/libz.so.2 (0x282ef000)
        libreadline.so.4 => /lib/libreadline.so.4 (0x282fd000)
        libcrypt.so.2 => /lib/libcrypt.so.2 (0x28325000)
        libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2 (0x2833e000)
        libutil.so.3 => /lib/libutil.so.3 (0x28357000)
        libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x28363000)
        libiconv.so.3 => /usr/local/lib/libiconv.so.3 (0x2843d000)
        libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x2852c000)

Is it really necessary for postgres to be linked with ncurses (288K)
and readline (156K)?  It's .5M, not the end of the world, but it seems
excessive.  I know the postmaster has a CLI interface, but does it
really require ncurses or readline?  -sc

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Sean Chittenden

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