[debian-mysql] Bug#975911: Aw: Bug#975911: mariadb-client: appears to ignore ~/.editrc keybind settings (Link with libedit instead of readline5)
Bastian Germann
Bastian.Germann at gmx.de
Thu Apr 24 20:54:31 BST 2025
From: "Otto Kekäläinen" <otto at debian.org>
> We can go back to readline or prepopulate libedit with the same
> keybindings as readline used to have if there is somebody who wants to
> contribute that change and do the required testing.
>
> The optimal fix is probably to contribute to
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libedit (maintainer Sylvestre CC'd)
Unfortunately, mariadb's GPLv2-only license is not compatible with readline's GPLv3-or-later.
The old readline v5 was deliberately removed. Please do not reintroduce it.
That leaves us with prepopulating libedit.
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