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Title: GNU readline version confusion
Type: behavior Stage: test needed
Components: Build Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: out of date
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: gvanrossum, ismaeek, vstinner
Priority: low Keywords:

Created on 2002-12-30 18:29 by gvanrossum, last changed 2022-04-10 16:06 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg60299 - (view) Author: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum) * (Python committer) Date: 2002-12-30 18:29
configure and setup.py don't look for GNU readline the
same way. If you have e.g. readline 4.2 installed in
/usr and a different version in /usr/local, setup.py
uses the version from /usr/local, but the feature
testing in configure finds the 4.2 features in
/usr/lib/libreadline* anyway. :-(
msg60300 - (view) Author: Ismaeel Abdur-Rasheed (ismaeek) Date: 2003-01-04 04:40
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additional info:

with GNU readline 4.2 installed, python 2.2.2 build using gcc 
3.2.1 and native solaris /usr/ccs reports multiply-defined 
symbols: all are found in /usr/lib/readline.so and one of the 
following: __dso_handle (from gcc crtbegin.o), _init and _fini 
(from gcc crti.o), and _lib_version (from /usr/ccs/lib/values-Xa.o)

- izzy
msg81746 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2009-02-12 11:58
This issue is related to old versions:
 - readline 4.2: current is 5.2
 - gcc 3.2.1: current is 4.3.3
 - python 2.2.2: current is 2.6.1
 - etc.

If the problem is still valid today, please reopen this issue.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-10 16:06:04adminsetgithub: 37664
2009-02-12 11:58:06vstinnersetstatus: open -> closed
nosy: + vstinner
resolution: out of date
messages: + msg81746
2009-02-12 03:34:02ajaksu2settype: behavior
stage: test needed
2002-12-30 18:29:19gvanrossumcreate