A new release of readline, 6.3.8-1, has been uploaded for experimental use, and will soon reach a mirror near you; leaving the current version still at 6.1.2-4 (32-bit) or 6.2-1 (64-bit). I will promote this build to current once I have a working bash-4.3 build, assuming no major issues are found.
NEWS: ===== This is a new upstream release. As threatened in earlier builds, I am no longer shipping support for static linking against readline; these days, it's easier to just require everyone to use dynamic linking. I think that this build of readline is ABI compatible with 6.1 and 6.2, although I did not carefully audit for that fact, so I did not bump the .dll version. At any rate, bash 4.1 happily runs with this readline (I did test that much before uploading). But if your application uses a symbol that older readline provided and which disappeared in this build, let me know, and I can respin it as libreadline8 before removing it from test status. Remember, you must not have any bash or /bin/sh instances running when you upgrade the readline package. This release requires cygwin-1.7.33-1 or later. See also the upstream documentation in /usr/share/doc/readline/. DESCRIPTION: ============ The readline library will read a line from the terminal and return it, allowing the user to edit the line with emacs or vi editing keys. It also allows a history feature, for editing previous entries, making command line interfaces easier-to-use and more intuitive. libreadline7 provides the .dlls needed for readline and history expansion for dynamic linking in other programs, including bash and gdb; it is required for a minimal cygwin installation. The 7 in libreadline7 distinguishes incompatible API changes made to the prior libreadline5 and libreadline6 libraries still available on the mirrors. readline provides the documentation and the static libraries required for static linking; you should only need it if you plan on compiling an application that links with -lreadline or -lhistory. UPDATE: ======= To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up 'libreadline7' in the 'Base' category (it should already be selected), or 'libreadline-devel' in the 'Devel' category. As this is an experimental release, you will have to use the 'Exp' radio button or manually cycle through to find this release. DOWNLOAD: ========= Note that downloads from cygwin.com aren't allowed due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to you: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html QUESTIONS: ========== If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. -- Eric Blake volunteer cygwin readline package maintainer For more details on this list (including unsubscription), see: http://sourceware.org/lists.html
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