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readline rebase 5.1->6.2?
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Kai Tietz <ktietz at redhat dot com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:43:27 +0100
- Subject: readline rebase 5.1->6.2?
Hi,
it is a bity pity the sourceware tree still bundles readline-5.1 while distros
build GDB with readline less than 5 years old.
This means in practice GDB already runs without the custom patches contained
in src/readline/ , just making GDB forked with individual downstream patch fix
ups of the compatibility.
Just the patches are of the kind of MS-related platforms compatibility:
+dnl BEGIN changes for CYGNUS cross-building for Cygwin
+#ifdef __MSDOS__
+#if defined (__GO32__)
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
!+#if defined (SIGWINCH)
? (+#if defined (HAVE_GETPWENT))
Other patches are for rl_prompt and signals where there were enough upstream
readline modifications I do not think these patches are meaningfully
applicable anymore.
Unfortunately there is AFAIK usually (in some cases there is) no testcase of
readline.
Before 7.3 cut off I ask about the opinion on these MS-related platforms
compatibility readline patches, Fedora GNU/Linux runs fine with
readline-6.1-2.fc14 with readline-6.2-2.fc15 soon to be GA and also no
reported problems.
Thanks,
Jan