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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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5 | %general-entities; |
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6 | ]> |
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7 | |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-readline" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="readline.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Readline-&readline-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line |
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21 | editing and history capabilities.</para> |
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22 | |
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23 | </sect2> |
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24 | |
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25 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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26 | <title>Installation of Readline</title> |
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27 | |
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28 | <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the maintainer. The |
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29 | maintainer of Readline only releases these patches to fix serious issues:</para> |
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30 | |
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31 | <screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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32 | |
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33 | <para os="a">Prepare Readline for compilation:</para> |
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34 | |
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35 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib \ |
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36 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;</userinput></screen> |
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37 | |
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38 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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39 | |
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40 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses</userinput></screen> |
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41 | |
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42 | <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> |
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43 | |
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44 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
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45 | |
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46 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses htmldir=/usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version; install</userinput></screen> |
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47 | |
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48 | <para os="h">Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para> |
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49 | |
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50 | <screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen> |
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51 | |
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52 | <para os="j">Next, relink the dynamic libraries into <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> and remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in <filename class="directory">/lib</filename>.</para> |
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53 | |
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54 | <screen os="k"><userinput>ln -svf ../../lib/$(readlink /lib/libreadline.so) /usr/lib/libreadline.so |
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55 | ln -svf ../../lib/$(readlink /lib/libhistory.so) /usr/lib/libhistory.so |
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56 | rm -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.so</userinput></screen> |
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57 | |
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58 | </sect2> |
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59 | |
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60 | <sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content"> |
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61 | <title>Contents of Readline</title> |
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62 | |
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63 | <segmentedlist> |
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64 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
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65 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> |
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66 | |
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67 | <seglistitem> |
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68 | <seg>libhistory.[a,so], libreadline.[a,so]</seg> |
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69 | <seg>/usr/include/readline, /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;, /usr/share/readline</seg> |
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70 | </seglistitem> |
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71 | </segmentedlist> |
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72 | |
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73 | <variablelist> |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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75 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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76 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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77 | |
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78 | <varlistentry id="libhistory"> |
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79 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libhistory</filename></term> |
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80 | <listitem> |
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81 | <para>Provides a consistent user interface |
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82 | for recalling lines of history</para> |
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83 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory"> |
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84 | <primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary> |
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85 | </indexterm> |
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86 | </listitem> |
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87 | </varlistentry> |
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88 | |
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89 | <varlistentry id="libreadline"> |
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90 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libreadline</filename></term> |
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91 | <listitem> |
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92 | <para>Aids in the consistency of user interface |
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93 | across discrete programs that need to provide a command line |
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94 | interface</para> |
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95 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline"> |
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96 | <primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary> |
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97 | </indexterm> |
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98 | </listitem> |
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99 | </varlistentry> |
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100 | |
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101 | </variablelist> |
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102 | |
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103 | </sect2> |
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104 | |
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105 | </sect1> |
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