Why xfs_<utils> not 'readline' w/line-edit & history enabled?

Dave Chinner david at fromorbit.com
Tue Oct 2 16:52:53 CDT 2012


On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 02:34:25PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
> 
> 
> Any reason these default to 'no'??
> 
>  --enable-readline=yes/no Enable readline command editing default=no
>  --enable-editline=yes/no Enable editline command editing default=no
>  --enable-termcap=yes/no Enable terminal capabilities library default=no

Lost in the mists of time, I suspect. Given that we use a configure
script, I'd guess that this could easily be detected at configure
time. Patches welcome.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com



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