From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 76597 invoked by alias); 8 Dec 2016 19:23:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 76520 invoked by uid 89); 8 Dec 2016 19:23:47 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*R:D*cygwin.com, click X-HELO: localhost.localdomain Received: from localhost (HELO localhost.localdomain) (127.0.0.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:23:37 +0000 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No From: "Eric Blake (cygwin)" Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated [test]: libreadline7-7.0.1-1, libreadline-devel-7.0.1-1 Reply-To: The Cygwin Mailing List , cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Openpgp: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Message-Id: Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:23:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-12/txt/msg00091.txt.bz2 A new release of readline, 7.0.1-1, has been uploaded for testing and will soon reach a mirror near you. The current version of 6.3.8-1 remains current until after I can get bash 4.4 built and tested, at which time I will promote readline 7.0.1 into current. NEWS: ===== This is a new upstream release, adding several new features which are in part required by bash 4.4. Although upstream bumped the major version from 6 to 7 in the library version number, it appears that the changes to the .dll were additive, and therefore I kept the shared library versioned at libreadline7. But since I did not do a close audit, it is still possible that testing will reveal problems that require me to bump things to libreadline8 before promoting this to current. Help in testing is appreciated. Remember, you must not have any bash or /bin/sh instances running when you upgrade the readline package. This release requires cygwin-2.6.0-1 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. libreadline-devel 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. 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple