On May 21, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Kon Lovett wrote:
I second this. I am not even sure /usr/lib/libreadline.dylib is readline. It is a symbolic link to libedit.dylib for me. So I use my own build of readline as well.
It is the BSD version of readline which lacks the history API and a couple of other non-primary bits of the GNU readline library.
Why not the real thing?Because libreadline is GPL'd (or LPGL'd) and, thus, taints anything it touches. Even the LGPL is a taint in the eyes of many.
b.bum
