Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:34:13 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: removing libreadline from base system Message-ID: <20111129103413.GF6680@azathoth.lan> In-Reply-To: <CADe0-4k%2B=%2BfkXyatjDuVzNak0u=0UaaJcFEaLYad61q05anh1Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADe0-4kDotyR096Yfv9_pwAw_K6fe2XJ5QUpgkFLE1Q6q4YdmA@mail.gmail.com> <20111129085946.GD6680@azathoth.lan> <CADe0-4k%2B=%2BfkXyatjDuVzNak0u=0UaaJcFEaLYad61q05anh1Q@mail.gmail.com>
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--TU+u6i6jrDPzmlWF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 04:46:30PM +0700, Max Khon wrote: > Baptiste, >=20 > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>wro= te: >=20 > > It is possible to build and link our in-tree gdb & friends with libedit > > > after r228114. > > > > > > The remaining question is what to do with libreadline: > > > > > > 1) just build & link gdb with libedit > > > > > > OR > > > > > > 2) re-import libreadline from gdb sources and build INTERNALLIB versi= on > > of > > > it that is never installed and is linked only to gdb > > > > > > I am inclined to go for 1) but libedit may have (and has) > > incompatibilities > > > with libreadline. > > > > Back when I sent a libedit upgrade patch, before obrien update libedit = on > > his > > own, I managed to build the whole tree with libedit, gdb, ntpc and othe= rs > > were > > fully functionnal with it, (at that time I totally removed libreadline) > > >=20 > The whole src tree now builds without libreadline. >=20 >=20 > > The only "problem" I see is from the ports lots of them relies on base > > libreadline, so we need to first run an exp-run without libreadline, to > > determine the impact and fix the related ports, before we can fully dro= pped > > libreadline. > > >=20 > This is a separate issue that I want to handle separately. >=20 > The question is what to do with gdb & friends. Link it with libedit or > re-import bundled readline (that is shipped with gdb) and build/link it > only to gdb. >=20 > I am inclined to do the former. >=20 > Max linking to libedit is the right way imho. regards, Bapt --TU+u6i6jrDPzmlWF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk7UtSUACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EziYQCgvSvYG8LXwhJEGcXibTrJ1A/E zDkAmQEHku2QGaehVXcDzyp5AMt8jQK7 =a0DF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TU+u6i6jrDPzmlWF--
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