[augeas-devel] quick question about augeas and readline dependency

[Greg Swift]

Michael,

I believe readline is actually important to augeas.  the HACKING.md even
includes a section on how to get full readline functionality on OSX because
libedit is a "crippled implmenentation"

greg

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 7:22 AM Michael <aixtools at felt.demon.nl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to try - again - to get certbot working on my platform
> (AIX). As a dependency, acme needs python-augeas (which needs libaugeas,
> which seems to need readline).
>
> a) I can build readline - to get this resolved - IF augeas makes heavy
> use of readline (all packages I have packaged previously either do not
> need it, or it is optional - hence I am checking).
>
> b) Is there a possibility for augeas to run without readline, and if yes
> - I can look in configure.ac, but would appreciate help there - all via
> github iirc.
>
> So, quick question is: is readline absolutely necessary - yes/no answer
> is fine.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael
>
>
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