Randy McMurchy wrote: > Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 03/23/06 17:25 CST: > >> Also, Randy has asked whether we should be removing the libedit >> optional dependency since (I think) it overwrites readline's >> libhistory and libreadline. This has caused a couple very odd support >> questions. Libedit's most recent release was in 2001-07. I >> personally feel that warning that it will overwrite readline will be >> sufficient. > > Just so folks can make an informed decision: > > 1. Bc will use Readline or Libedit > 2. They both provide the same functionality > 3. Readline is installed during LFS > 4. Readline is maintained, Libedit is not > 5. Libedit will overwrite some of Readline, rendering parts of > LFS (I forget exactly what) inoperable. > > It's for all these reasons I suggested removing (hiding!) the > libedit dependency.
Go ahead and delete Libedit. If it breaks LFS/BLFS, and it does, then we don't want it. IMO any listed dependency implies that we have tested it within BLFS and that it works OK. This may not be strictly true, but we I do think we need to remove items that cause known problems. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
