Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 04:57:28 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: "Matthew N. Dodd" <mdodd@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/bc Makefile config.h Message-ID: <20011020045728.A87527@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110182130090.71203-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from winter@jurai.net on Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 09:38:09PM -0400 References: <200110190024.f9J0Odt26405@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110182130090.71203-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 09:38:09PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > mdodd 2001/10/18 17:24:39 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > gnu/usr.bin/bc Makefile config.h > > Log: > > Turn on the libedit support in bc. Turn off libreadline. > > The remaining in tree consumers of libreadline are: ... Why are you on this campaign?? We already discussed this 6mo. ago when Kris pondered kicking libreadline out of the base system. We agreed there was no use in doing this for GNU/GPV'ed programs as the end result is still GPL'ed. Please back this change to `bc' out -- you are not accomplishing anything with this change. I have a very complicated .inputrc that libedit just does not duplicate the functionality; and I use `bc' it seems every day. There is also no reason to be grauitiously different from other platforms using these GNU bits. > src/kerberos5/usr.bin/k5admin > src/kerberos5/usr.sbin/ktutil > src/kerberosIV/usr.bin/kadmin > src/sbin/vinum > src/usr.sbin/ntp/ntpdc These programs, being non-GPV'ed, would benefit from using libedit rather than libreadline (unless Grog does not like libedit for vinum). > The ntpdc and the Kerberos stuff should be fairly easy to add libedit > support to but would require taking stuff off vendor branches or getting > the patches included by the vendor. Another good reason to just live with libreadline. > The changes to vinum are a little more involved while the gdb stuff is > probably impossible (feel free to prove me wrong.) Don't do this to gdb. > Sure would be nice to be able to boot libreadline into ports though... Cannot be done. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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