From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6119 invoked by alias); 22 Mar 2011 15:43:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 6063 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Mar 2011 15:43:41 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:43:34 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2MFhU4K023602 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:43:30 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2MFhRs1016933 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:43:29 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2MFhRXH009569; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:43:27 +0100 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p2MFhR7f009567; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:43:27 +0100 Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:43:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: gdb@sourceware.org Cc: Kai Tietz , Eli Zaretskii , Christopher Faylor Subject: readline rebase 5.1->6.2? Message-ID: <20110322154327.GA8966@host1.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-03/txt/msg00116.txt.bz2 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