Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:47:28 -0800 (PST) From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com> To: yanefbsd@gmail.com, chet.ramey@case.edu Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, drosih@rpi.edu Subject: GNU readline (was Re: Alternatives to gcc) Message-ID: <160891.1210.qm@web32701.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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(sorry that my mailer gives so much trouble) --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote: > > It all depends on what features people choose to use in GNU's > > readline that makes it compatible or not with libedit. > > ...which means that it's not a drop-in readline replacement. And > here we are -- back where we started. We don't need a drop in replacement, we need a replacement that works well enough for the base system. Like in the other BSDs the ports/packaging system can continue carrying GNU readline. Why go into all this trouble? GNU readline is part of an evil plot: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html Pedro.help
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