readline: Command line editing library#

Description#

The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available. The Readline library includes additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command lines, to recall and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on previous commands.

Website: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html

License#

GPL V3+

Upstream Contact#

Chet Ramey at http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet

Special Update/Build Instructions#

We build readline using ncurses. Readline needs to be told to link with libtinfo (part of ncurses), this is what the patch 0002-ltinfo.patch does.

Patches#

0001-macports.patch: Changes to shobj.conf for OS/X, from macports:

https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/devel/readline/files/patch-shobj-conf.diff
0002-ltinfo.patch: We build readline using ncurses, and for that it needs to be told to link with libtinfo (part of ncurses).

Type#

standard

Dependencies#

ncurses: Classic terminal output library

Version Information#

package-version.txt:

8.1.2