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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 11:44:09 -0400
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To: Jason Tishler <Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com>
CC: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>,
        Cygwin Users <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: [avail for test] readline-4.2-1
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Jason Tishler wrote:
> 
> Chuck,
> 
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 10:42:18AM -0400, Charles S. Wilson wrote:
> > Jason Tishler wrote:
> > > I will update Cygwin PostgreSQL and Python ASAP to facilitate the upgrade
> > > to readline-4.2-1.
> >
> > Don't rush.  I like some testing time before we make the switch to 4.2
> > official.  Remember, I had to reapply (mostly re-edit) my 200k patch by
> > hand because the 4.1patch didn't apply cleanly.  So, 4.2 is basically a
> > "new" port.  Let's give it a while to settle.  It seems to work fine
> > *for me*, but outside confirmation is a good thing.
> 
> Unfortunately, due to API changes (i.e., deprecation) both PostgreSQL
> and Python no longer build OOTB.  PostgreSQL and Python fail to link
> because filename_completion_function() and completion_matches() are no
> longer being exported from the readline's import library, respectively:
> 
>     $ nm /usr/lib/libreadline.dll.a | egrep 'filename_completion_function|completion_matches' | fgrep -v rl
> 
> However, these functions are still contained in the readline shared and
> static libraries for backwards compatibility:
> 
>     $ nm /usr/bin/cygreadline4.2.dll | egrep 'filename_completion_function|completion_matches' | fgrep -v rl
>     66dd9440 T _completion_matches
>     66dd9488 T _filename_completion_function
> 
>     $ nm /usr/lib/libreadline.a | egrep 'filename_completion_function|completion_matches' | fgrep -v rl
>     000000a8 T _completion_matches
>     000000f0 T _filename_completion_function
> 
> Would you be willing to re-export these two functions (and possibly all
> of the ones in compat.c)?  Otherwise, this is going to take some time...
> 
> Devise patches, submit patches, wait for patches to be considered,
> revise patches, submit patches, etc...
> 

Perhaps it would be best if you took on the maintenance of the readline
package.  Chuck has relinquished that job although he is willing to help
the new maintainer come up to speed.

-- 
Earnie.

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