Package: rlwrap
Version: 0.28-2.1
Severity: normal
Hi, I've raised a few days ago the proposal of a new virtual package
(and executable) called "readline-editor" [1]. As no complains were
raised, I've moved to action :-)
The "ledit" package I'm responsible for has already been patched
(though not yet uploaded) to provide readline-editor at priority 40,
i.e., a low one [2].
Attached you can find a patch which add similar support to rlwrap,
placing it as a higher priority of 60, since I believe rlwrap is
superior in features to ledit.
Please consider applying the given patch.
Cheers.
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/04/msg00231.html
[2]
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/ledit.git;a=commitdiff;h=b1ad084f091caeeb7028f22fe35bb675aefa2dcd
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages rlwrap depends on:
ii libc6 2.9-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.7+20090404-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libreadline5 5.2-4 GNU readline and history libraries
rlwrap recommends no packages.
rlwrap suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
diff -u rlwrap-0.28/debian/changelog rlwrap-0.28/debian/changelog
--- rlwrap-0.28/debian/changelog
+++ rlwrap-0.28/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+rlwrap (0.28-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Register rlwrap as a provider of "readline-editor". Make the package
+ both provide the corresponding virtual package and register as an
+ alternative for /usr/bin/readline-editor.
+
+ -- Stefano Zacchiroli <z...@debian.org> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:25:40 +0200
+
rlwrap (0.28-2) unstable; urgency=medium
* Changed debian/rules to use $(CURDIR) instead of $(PWD) so package
diff -u rlwrap-0.28/debian/control rlwrap-0.28/debian/control
--- rlwrap-0.28/debian/control
+++ rlwrap-0.28/debian/control
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
Package: rlwrap
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Provides: readline-editor
Description: readline feature command line wrapper
This package provides a small utility that uses the GNU readline library
to allow the editing of keyboard input for any other command. Input
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- rlwrap-0.28.orig/debian/rlwrap.prerm
+++ rlwrap-0.28/debian/rlwrap.prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+if [ "$1" != "upgrade" ]; then
+ update-alternatives --remove readline-editor /usr/bin/rlwrap
+fi
+
+#DEBHELPER#
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- rlwrap-0.28.orig/debian/rlwrap.postinst
+++ rlwrap-0.28/debian/rlwrap.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+case "$1" in
+ configure)
+ update-alternatives \
+ --install /usr/bin/readline-editor readline-editor /usr/bin/rlwrap 60 \
+ --slave /usr/share/man/man1/readline-editor.1.gz readline-editor.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/rlwrap.1.gz
+ ;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
