Re: bash on debian
On Sat, 17 Feb 1996, David Engel wrote:
> > What can we do:
> > 1) Maintain the libreadline for the debian system by reimplement the bash
> > modifications.
>
> What is the modification? Does it break binary compatibility with
> older versions?
Go into bash-1.14.6/lib/readline and see yourself:
for i in *.[ch] ; do diff -u ../../../libreadline-2.0/$i $i; done
Probably not, but not sure. I have dropped the newer *.c *.h into
libreadline-2.0/ and used the new shared object via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
on bash and ftp. I cannot test all features of readline (mostly I have
no clue what they are and what exactly I should expect, the segfault
is apparently not one of them now). Some hints wrt readline changes in
bash are in NEWS and RELEASE files from bash. Someone who really knows
what readline does, could judge better.
> > 2) Don't use the systems libreadline as a replacement (in bash, gdb)
>
> This would be acceptable, but would be preferable to use the system
> version if possile.
This alternative would made the life easier. The issue is already highly
complex because the underlaying termcap or ncurses. Sure, it would be
very nice to use 1), but you have to be careful.
mfg
Rolf Rossius
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