Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ghc6
If you press HOME, END, DELETE or BACKSACE key in ghci prompt garbage characters are inputed, which is definitely not a desirable behaviour. You only need to add libedit-dev to build-deps to make ghci interpret these keys correctly. see http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Linux and http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2606 I can confirm it really helps: aptitude install libedit-dev apt-src install ghc6 cd ghc .... dpkg-buildpackage dpkg -i ../ghc.... and the keys work as they are supposed to :-) thanks! ** Affects: ghc6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [ghci] HOME, END, DELETE and BACKSPACE keys input garbage instead of being interpreted - libedit-dev missing in ghc6 >=6.10's build-deps https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483455 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
