Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 01:17:19 +0100 (CET) From: <pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: now GNU readline (was Re: Subversion? ) Message-ID: <20060306001719.34660.qmail@web32715.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <86oe0kwpcb.fsf@xps.des.no>
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--- Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> ha scritto:
>
> GNU readline is required by other GNU software in the tree (like gdb).
> We have our own line-editing library (editline) which should be used
> for all non-GNU software. ISTR that Vinum is the only non-GNU
> software in our tree that uses readline instead of editline, but this
> may have changed.
>
There is an additional header in NetBSD's editline for readline compatibility
that we are not installing by default. NetBSD also has Vinum and I think they
got rid of readline a while ago too so we can probably do without it.
For those wondering why getting rid of the useful GNU readline is important or
desirable at all: it's a library but it's covered by the GPL (not the LGPL),
meaning it has the ability to "poison" everything that is linked with it.
cheers,
Pedro.
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