Re: Bug#2362: bash (readline) dumps core on completion

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Guy Maor writes ("Bug#2362: bash (readline) dumps core on completion"):
...
> So what I propose is that the maintainer of bash also provide
> libreadline, releasing the two as one package.  There's really no
> reason to release them separately; bash depends on readline, and bash
> is a base package, so readline is also a base package.

There is a potential problem here: suppose we have bash containing
readline 2.1.3, and a GDB that uses it.

Now, when we upgrade bash it comes with readline 2.2.0 (say) and GDB
&c stop working.

I'm trying to think of a way of sorting out this mess - any ideas
appreciated.

Ian.