Re: [PATCH] Sync readline/ to version 7.0 alpha

[Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>]

On 07/15/2015 03:35 AM, Patrick Palka wrote:
> This patch syncs our upstream copy of readline from version 6.2 to the
> latest version, 7.0 alpha (released July 10 2015).
> 
> I essentially copied what was done the last time readline was synced,
> when Jan updated to readline 6.2 in 2011:
> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00003.html


> Getting this kind of change in at the start of the GDB 7.11 development
> cycle will allow us to get a lot of passive testing from developers and
> from bleeding-edge users.  

I agree; if this helps find readline issues that affect GDB before
readline is released, it'll be a win, because distros tend to use the
system readline instead of the one we bundle.

> [And as new versions of readline 7.0 are
> released, I will try to sync our local copy promptly.]
> 

Thanks.

> Since the patch is too big to send inline, I pushed it to
> users/ppalka/readline-7.0-update.  Hopefully that is more convenient that
> sending it as a compressed attachment.

Indeed it is.  Thanks.

> 
> readline/ChangeLog.gdb:
> 
> 	Import readline 7.0 alpha
> 	* configure: Regenerate.
> 	* examples/rlfe/configure: Regenerate.
> 
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* completer.c (gdb_printable_part): Sync with readline function
> 	it is based off of.
> 
> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* gdb.gdb/selftest.exp (test_with_self): Update test to now
> 	expect the GDB inferior to no longer immediately stop after
> 	being resumed with "signal SIGINT".

Looks good to me.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves