Message-Id: <201410171838.s9HIc6VF030826@delorie.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:59:29 +0200
From: Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
To: djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Fixed DJGPP port of GNU Readline 6.3 uploaded.
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This is a port of GNU Readline and History libraries 6.3 to MSDOS/DJGPP.


   The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications
   that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in.  Both
   Emacs and vi editing modes are available.  The Readline library includes
   additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command
   lines, to recall and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like
   history expansion on previous commands.

   The history facilites are also placed into a separate library, the
   History library, as part of the build process.  The History library
   may be used without Readline in applications which desire its
   capabilities.


   DJGPP specific changes.
   =======================

   - The bug reported by RayeR some days ago has been fixed.  It had to be
     checked if S_ISLNK and S_ISSOCK were provided by the library.

   - Also all patches available at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3-patches/
     have been applied so that library is now patchlevel 008.

   - Please note that examples/rl-callbacktest.c will never compile
     because DJGPP lacks of the required select(2) function.



   The port has been compiled using stock djdev203 (patchlevel 2) and consists
   of the usual three packages that can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com and
   mirrors as (time stamp 2014-10-16):

     Readline and History 6.3 libraries, headers and info format documentation:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/rdln63b.zip

     GNU Readline 6.3 dvi, html, ps and pdf format documentation:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/rdln63d.zip

     GNU Readline 6.3 source:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/rdln63s.zip


   The libraries have been produced a second time using a libc.a version
   compiled from current repository code and patched with the new malloc
   code.  This package is available at ftp.delorie.com and mirrors
   as (times tamp 2014-10-16):

     Readline and History 6.3 libraries, headers and info format documentation:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/rdln63b.zip




   Send GNU Readline specific bug reports to <bug-bash AT gnu DOT org>.
   Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port to
   comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.


Enjoy.

         Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>