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author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-07 20:16:00 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-07 20:16:00 +0000 |
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diff --git a/chapter08/readline.xml b/chapter08/readline.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..87571ea9d --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter08/readline.xml @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> + +<sect1 id="ch-system-readline" role="wrap"> + <?dbhtml filename="readline.html"?> + + <sect1info condition="script"> + <productname>readline</productname> + <productnumber>&readline-version;</productnumber> + <address>&readline-url;</address> + </sect1info> + + <title>Readline-&readline-version;</title> + + <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"> + <primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary> + </indexterm> + + <sect2 role="package"> + <title/> + + <para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line + editing and history capabilities.</para> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> + <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>&readline-ch6-sbu;</seg> + <seg>&readline-ch6-du;</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Installation of Readline</title> + + <para>Reinstalling Readline will cause the old libraries to be moved to + <libraryname>.old. While this is normally not a problem, in some cases + it can trigger a linking bug in <command>ldconfig</command>. This can be + avoided by issuing the following two seds:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/MV.*old/d' Makefile.in +sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen> + + <para>Prepare Readline for compilation:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \ + --disable-static \ + --with-curses \ + --docdir=/usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;</userinput></screen> + + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>--with-curses"</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>This option tells Readline that it can find the termcap + library functions in the curses library, rather than a separate + termcap library. It allows generating a correct + <filename>readline.pc</filename> file.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + <para>Compile the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="make">make SHLIB_LIBS="-lncursesw"</userinput></screen> + + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the make option:</title> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>SHLIB_LIBS="-lncursesw"</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>This option forces Readline to link against the + <filename class="libraryfile">libncursesw</filename> library.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> + + <para>Install the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">make SHLIB_LIBS="-lncursesw" install</userinput></screen> + + <para>Now move the dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location + and fix up some permissions and symbolic links:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.* /lib +chmod -v u+w /lib/lib{readline,history}.so.* +ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libreadline.so) /usr/lib/libreadline.so +ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libhistory.so ) /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen> + + <para>If desired, install the documentation:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">install -v -m644 doc/*.{ps,pdf,html,dvi} /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;</userinput></screen> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content"> + <title>Contents of Readline</title> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> + <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>libhistory.so and libreadline.so</seg> + <seg>/usr/include/readline and + /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + <variablelist> + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> + <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> + + <varlistentry id="libhistory"> + <term><filename class="libraryfile">libhistory</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>Provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines + of history</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libhistory"> + <primary sortas="c-libhistory">libhistory</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="libreadline"> + <term><filename class="libraryfile">libreadline</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>Provides a set of commands for manipulating text entered in an + interactive session of a program.</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline libreadline"> + <primary sortas="c-libreadline">libreadline</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + </sect2> + +</sect1> |