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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-readline" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="readline.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Readline-&readline-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line
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| 21 | editing and history capabilities.</para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 25 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <seglistitem>
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| 28 | <seg>&readline-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 29 | <seg>&readline-ch6-du;</seg>
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| 30 | </seglistitem>
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| 31 | </segmentedlist>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | </sect2>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 36 | <title>Installation of Readline</title>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>Upstream developers have fixed several issues since the initial
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| 39 | release of Readline-&readline-version;. Apply those fixes:</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>Reinstalling Readline will cause the old libraries to be moved to
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| 44 | <libraryname>.old. While this is normally not a problem, in some cases
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| 45 | it can trigger a linking bug in <command>ldconfig</command>. This can be
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| 46 | avoided by issuing the following two seds:</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/MV.*old/d' Makefile.in
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| 49 | sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses</userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <variablelist>
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| 60 | <title>The meaning of the make option:</title>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <varlistentry>
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| 63 | <term><parameter>SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses</parameter></term>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>This option forces Readline to link against the
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| 66 | <filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename> (really,
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| 67 | <filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename>) library.</para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | </varlistentry>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | </variablelist>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <para>Give Readline's dynamic libraries more appropriate permissions:</para>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <screen><userinput>chmod -v 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para>Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <screen><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para>Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
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| 88 | <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into <filename
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[a76cbca] | 89 | class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>
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[519ee45] | 90 |
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| 91 | <screen><userinput>rm -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
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| 92 | ln -sfv ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
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| 93 | ln -sfv ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | </sect2>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content">
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| 98 | <title>Contents of Readline</title>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <segmentedlist>
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| 101 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <seglistitem>
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| 104 | <seg>libhistory.{a,so}, and libreadline.{a,so}</seg>
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| 105 | </seglistitem>
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| 106 | </segmentedlist>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <variablelist>
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| 109 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 110 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 111 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <varlistentry id="libhistory">
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| 114 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libhistory</filename></term>
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| 115 | <listitem>
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| 116 | <para>Provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines
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| 117 | of history</para>
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| 118 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory">
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| 119 | <primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary>
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| 120 | </indexterm>
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| 121 | </listitem>
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| 122 | </varlistentry>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <varlistentry id="libreadline">
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| 125 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libreadline</filename></term>
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| 126 | <listitem>
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| 127 | <para>Aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete
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| 128 | programs that need to provide a command line interface</para>
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| 129 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline">
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| 130 | <primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary>
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| 131 | </indexterm>
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| 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 | </varlistentry>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | </variablelist>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | </sect2>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect1>
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