-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A new release of readline, 5.0-4, is available, replacing 5.0-2.
NEWS: ===== This is a minor bug-fix update, and includes all official upstream patches. It also contains various cygwin-specific patches to speed up completion within the // file system, and to allow bash to work around dynamic library limitations. It requires cygwin 1.5.18 or later. This release has a new maintainer, since readline and bash are so closely related. It adds a new hook, rl_getenv_hook, needed by bash to override the environment. It also adds a workaround for duplicate character display on some prompts, until such time as an official upstream can be made. libreadline6 remains part of the Base distribution, but readline has been moved to the Devel category (since you only need to download it if you plan on compiling a statically-linked binary, and not in a bare-minimal cygwin setup). 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. libreadline6 provides the .dlls needed for readline and history expansion for dynamic linking in other programs, including bash and gdb. The 6 in libreadline6 distinguishes incompatible API changes made to the prior libreadline4 and libreadline5 libraries still available on the mirrors. readline provides the documentation and the static libraries required for static linking. 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, then look for 'libreadline6' in the 'Base' category (it should already be selected), or for 'readline' in the 'Devel' category. DOWNLOAD: ========= Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka 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 (new) volunteer cygwin readline maintainer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC7tNW84KuGfSFAYARAsQdAJ9KUkXOjn/do2PmeBNu5dG7TQISZwCaA5qW vl0PAwyVQdxRP0ewMLe9w6I= =095r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
