Something has gone wrong here: the bug is in libreadline5 (which still exists), not libreadline6 (which has been removed).
On 19 November 2017 at 01:00, Debian Bug Tracking System < ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the libreadline6 package: > > #363502: libreadline6: Something is wrong with binding keys to functions > > It has been closed by Debian FTP Masters <ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org > >. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Debian FTP Masters < > ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 363502: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=363502 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org> > To: 363502-d...@bugs.debian.org, 556583-d...@bugs.debian.org, > 574518-d...@bugs.debian.org, 577012-d...@bugs.debian.org, > 591632-d...@bugs.debian.org, 608517-d...@bugs.debian.org, > 701931-d...@bugs.debian.org, 737955-d...@bugs.debian.org, > 761459-d...@bugs.debian.org, 773891-d...@bugs.debian.org, > 783136-d...@bugs.debian.org, 840397-d...@bugs.debian.org, > 848170-d...@bugs.debian.org, 857297-d...@bugs.debian.org, > 877197-d...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: readli...@packages.debian.org, readli...@packages.qa.debian.org > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:58:12 +0000 > Subject: Bug#877240: Removed package(s) from unstable > Version: 6.3-9+rm > > Dear submitter, > > as the package readline6 has just been removed from the Debian archive > unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry > that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. > > For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/877240 > > The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal > can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/. > > This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is > a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing > ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org. > > Debian distribution maintenance software > pp. > Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Reuben Thomas <r...@sc3d.org> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:11:20 +0100 > Subject: libreadline5: Something is wrong with binding keys to functions > Package: libreadline5 > Version: 5.1-7 > Severity: important > > In my .inputrc I have the following lines: > > "\M-n": history-search-forward > "\M-p": history-search-backward > "\C-u": kill-whole-line > > With readline 5.0 they work fine, but with 5.1 they don't work. > > Oddly, if I bind to macros, e.g. > > "\C-u": "foo" > > it works fine. Also, I can make the first two work by using > > "\en": history-search-forward > "\ep": history-search-backward > > I can get some Ctrl-letter keys to work by doing things like: > > "\x1": kill-whole-line # binds C-a to kill-whole-line > > but \x15 does not work as expected (trying various codes indicates > that most C-letters can be bound in this way, but a few can't). > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-hibernate > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages libreadline5 depends on: > ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared > libraries > ii libncurses5 5.5-1.1 Shared libraries for terminal > hand > ii readline-common 5.1-7 GNU readline and history > libraries > > libreadline5 recommends no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > -- https://rrt.sc3d.org
