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Date:      Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:51:45 +0400
From:      Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org>
To:        Steve Wills <swills@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, bapt@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r360019 - head/lang/ruby19
Message-ID:  <53B2E721.6020702@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20140701162954.GA64282@mouf.net>
References:  <201407011431.s61EV0iF008865@svn.freebsd.org> <53B2D4F6.3090704@freebsd.org> <20140701162954.GA64282@mouf.net>

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On 01.07.2014 20:29, Steve Wills wrote:
>> It works perfectly with readline in the base before. With this change it
>> is broken, suggesting either to have UTF8 and other compatibility bugs
>> of libedit or install unneeded readline from ports.
> 
> readline from ports will be required very soon as readline is being made
> private in base, I believe in preparation for it being removed from base
> eventually.

Ah, OK.

>> P.S. Never ever consider libedit as readline replacement, it just looks
>> like.
> How do you mean?

Libedit is good for editline native programs. Its readline emulation is
weak, full of NetBSD-do-it-differently and not compatible with many
ports or perhaps even with system gdb, I don't remember now.

-- 
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