Re: readline rebase 5.1->6.2?

[Kai Tietz <ktietz70@googlemail.com>]

2011/3/22 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>:
> 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.

Well, I would also expect that in general those patches aren't
meaningfully applicable anymore. But I think this upgrade should wait
until 7.3 is escaped.

>
> Thanks,
> Jan
>

Kai