[debian-mysql] Bug#975911: mariadb-client: appears to ignore ~/.editrc keybind settings

[Trevor Cordes]

Upstream, Jess and I did work out a fix and I made a "real" patch that
should fix the problem without a security hole.

http://thrysoee.dk/editline/

As projects pull from this upstream (as Fedora does, not sure about
Deb) they will get this fix.  If you don't want to wait, download the
source and compile/install or use your package manager build system
with this new source.  Restart your mysql client and the bug should be
gone: libedit should read your editrc, and from there you can customize
^W to do the "sane" thing.

So now mariadb should allow sane ^W settings now matter how it is
compiled:
- with readline: always worked
- with libedit that comes with maria-db: always worked
- with your system libedit: now works once you add settings to .editrc
  and use this latest libedit verion (libedit-20210522-3.1 or
  newer)

And hopefully that will be the last we ever see of this bug, which has
cropped up every few years since 2009, 2013, 2019, 2021?  :-)

Cheers.