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authorTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2018-10-07 12:52:13 -0600
committerTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2019-08-12 10:57:56 -0600
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Import readline 7.0 (patch 5)
This imports readline 7.0 (up to patch 5) while preserving all gdb-local changes. This was done by checking out the readline git repository, making a branch based on the gdb baseline revision, applying the gdb changes to that branch, and then merging from readline 7. readline/ChangeLog.gdb 2019-08-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * Imported readline 7.0 patch 5.
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Introduction
============
-This is the Gnu Readline library, version 6.2.
+This is the Gnu Readline library, version 7.0.
The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications
that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ Readline library. The texinfo files include both user and
programmer's manuals. HTML versions of the manuals appear in the
`doc' subdirectory as well.
+Usage
+=====
+
+Our position on the use of Readline through a shared-library linking
+mechanism is that there is no legal difference between shared-library
+linking and static linking--either kind of linking combines various
+modules into a single larger work. The conditions for using Readline
+in a larger work are stated in section 3 of the GNU GPL.
+
Reporting Bugs
==============