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+[Readline-specific changelog. Descriptions of changes to the source are
+ found in the bash changelog.]
+
+ 6/9
+ ---
+Makefile.in
+ - quote value of ${INSTALL_DATA} when passing it to makes in
+ subdirectories
+
+ 7/1
+ ---
+Makefile.in
+ - don't pass INSTALL_DATA to a make in the `doc' subdirectory; let
+ autoconf set the value itself in the Makefile
+ - removed a stray `-' before $(RANLIB) in the `install' recipe
+
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - add a VPATH assignment so the documentation is not remade if it's
+ already up-to-date in the distribution
+
+configure.in
+ - call AC_SUBST(LOCAL_LDFLAGS), since Makefile.in contains
+ @LOCAL_LDFLAGS@
+
+ 7/9
+ ---
+
+config.h.in
+ - add define lines for STRUCT_WINSIZE_IN_SYS_IOCTL and
+ STRUCT_WINSIZE_IN_TERMIOS
+
+configure.in
+ - call BASH_STRUCT_WINSIZE to look for the definition of
+ `struct winsize'
+
+ 7/17
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - call AC_MINIX
+
+config.h.in
+ - add define line for AC_MINIX
+
+ 7/18
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - add `install-shared' and `uninstall-shared' targets
+
+ 8/4
+ ---
+Makefile.in
+ - install and uninstall libhistory.a in the `install' and
+ `uninstall' targets
+
+ 9/4
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - bumped LIBVERSION up to 2.1.1, indicating that this is patch
+ level 1 to release 2.1
+
+
+ 9/16
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - `make distclean' now descends into the `examples' subdir
+
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - the `distclean' and `maintainer-clean' targets should remove
+ Makefile
+
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - added the various clean targets
+
+ 4/2
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - bumped LIBVERSION up to 2.2
+
+ 4/18
+ ----
+[readline-2.2 released]
+
+ 4/20
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - make `libhistory.a' a dependency of `install'
+ - fixed a typo in the recipe for `install' that copied libreadline.a
+ to libhistory.old right after installing it
+
+ 4/27
+ ----
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - install {readline,history}.info out of the source directory if
+ they are not found in the current (build) directory -- only an
+ issue if the libraries are built in a different directory than
+ the source directory
+
+ 5/1
+ ---
+support/shobj-conf
+ - script from the bash distribution to do shared object and library
+ configuration
+
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - new directory and makefile to handle building shared versions of
+ libreadline and libhistory, controlled by support/shobj-conf
+
+ 5/7
+ ---
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - set SHELL to /bin/sh, rather than relying on make to be correct
+
+ 5/14
+ ----
+savestring.c
+ - new file, moved from shell.c, for backwards compatibility
+
+Makefile.in, shlib/Makefile.in
+ - make sure savestring.c is compiled and added to libreadline and
+ libhistory
+
+[THERE ARE NO MORE #ifdef SHELL LINES IN THE C SOURCE FILES.]
+
+ 5/15
+ ----
+README
+ - updated description of shared library creation for the new scheme
+
+[THERE ARE NO MORE #ifdef SHELL LINES IN ANY OF THE SOURCE FILES.]
+
+Makefile.in
+ - bumped SHLIB_MAJOR up to 4 since we've augmented the library
+ API
+ - rlconf.h is now one of the installed headers, so applications can
+ find out whether things like vi-mode are available in the installed
+ libreadline
+
+ 5/20
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - changed RL_LIBRARY_VERSION to 4.0 to match the version of the
+ installed shared libraries
+
+ 6/5
+ ---
+rlstdc.h
+ - new file
+
+Makefile.in
+ - rlstdc.h is now one of the installed headers
+
+ 8/3
+ ---
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - made the suffix rule that creates xx.so from xx.c write the
+ compiler output to `a.o', which is then mv'd to xx.so, because
+ some compilers (Sun WSpro 4.2, for example) don't allow any
+ suffixes other than `.o' for `cc -c' (not even `a.out')
+
+ 9/15
+ ----
+
+Makefile.in
+ - AR and ARFLAGS are now substituted by configure, used in recipes
+ that build the libraries
+
+configure.in
+ - use AC_CHECK_PROG to check for ar
+ - set ARFLAGS if it has not already been set in the environment
+
+ 10/5
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - removed savestring.o from object file list
+
+ 10/28
+ -----
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - don't use a fixed filename in the .c.so suffix rule to avoid
+ problems with parallel makes
+
+ 12/21
+ -----
+support/shlib-install
+ - new script to install shared readline and history libraries
+
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - changed to call shlib-install for install and uninstall targets
+
+[readline-4.0-beta1 frozen]
+
+ 12/22
+ -----
+configure.in
+ - call AC_SUBST for SHOBJ_XLDFLAGS and SHLIB_LIBS
+
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - SHOBJ_XLDFLAGS and SHLIB_LIBS are now substituted by configure
+ - add $(SHLIB_LIBS) at end of command line that builds the shared
+ libraries (currently needed only by AIX 4.2)
+
+ 12/31
+ -----
+MANIFEST, MANIFEST.doc
+ - the TOC html files are no longer generated and no longer part of
+ the distribution
+
+ 2/18/1999
+ ---------
+configure.in
+ - set MAKE_SHELL to /bin/sh and substitute into the Makefiles
+
+Makefile.in,{doc,examples,shlib}/Makefile.in
+ - set SHELL from @MAKE_SHELL@
+
+[readline-4.0 released]
+
+ 3/11
+ ----
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - removed references to HTMLTOC, since separate HTML table-of-contents
+ files are no longer created
+
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - remove `*.exe' in clean target for MS-DOS
+
+Makefile.in
+ - make `readline' target depend on ./libreadline.a
+ - configure now substitutes TERMCAP_LIB into Makefile.in
+ - use ${TERMCAP_LIB} instead of -ltermcap in recipe for `readline'
+ - clean target now removes readline and readline.exe in case they
+ get built
+
+configure.in
+ - use `pwd.exe' to set BUILD_DIR on MS-DOS DJGPP
+
+ 3/15
+ ----
+support/shlib-install
+ - Irix 5.x and Irix 6.x should install shared libraries like Solaris 2
+ - changes for installing on hp-ux 1[01].x
+
+ 3/23
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - make sure that the $CC argument to shobj-conf is quoted
+
+ 4/8
+ ---
+
+xmalloc.h, rlprivate.h, rlshell.h
+ - new files
+
+Makefile.in,shlib/Makefile.in
+ - add dependencies on xmalloc.h, rlshell.h
+ - add xmalloc.h, rlprivate.h, rlshell.h to list of header files
+
+MANIFEST
+ - add xmalloc.h, rlprivate.h, rlshell.h
+
+ 4/9
+ ---
+Makefile.in,shlib/Makefile.in
+ - add dependencies on rlprivate.h
+
+ 4/13
+ ----
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - add variable, PSDVI, which is the desired resolution of the
+ generated postscript files. Set to 300 because I don't have
+ any 600-dpi printers
+ - set LANGUAGE= before calling makeinfo, so messages are in English
+ - add rluserman.{info,dvi,ps,html} to appropriate variables
+ - add rules to create rluserman.{info,dvi,ps,html}
+ - install and uninstall rluserman.info, but don't update the directory
+ file in $(infodir) yet
+
+MANIFEST
+ - add doc/rluserman.{texinfo,info,dvi,ps,html}
+
+ 4/30
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - updated library version to 4.1
+
+ 5/3
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - SHLIB_MAJOR and SHLIB_MINOR shared library version numbers are
+ constructed from $LIBRARY_VERSION and substituted into Makefiles
+
+ 5/5
+ ---
+support/shlib-install
+ - OSF/1 installs shared libraries like Solaris
+
+Makefile.in
+ - broke the header file install and uninstall into two new targets:
+ install-headers and uninstall-headers
+ - install and uninstall depend on install-headers and uninstall-headers
+ respectively
+ - changed install-shared and uninstall-shared targets to depend on
+ install-headers and uninstall-headers, respectively, so users may
+ choose to install only the shared libraries. I'm not sure about
+ the uninstall one yet -- maybe it should check whether or not
+ the static libraries are installed and not remove the header files
+ if they are
+
+ 9/3
+ ---
+configure.in, config.h.in
+ - added test for memmove (for later use)
+ - changed version to 4.1-beta1
+
+ 9/13
+ ----
+examples/rlfe.c
+ - Per Bothner's `rlfe' readline front-end program
+
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - added rules to build rlfe
+
+ 9/21
+ ----
+support/shlib-install
+ - changes to handle FreeBSD-3.x elf or a.out shared libraries, which
+ have different semantics and need different naming conventions
+
+ 1/24/2000
+ ---------
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - remove *.bt and *.bts on `make clean'
+
+ 2/4
+ ---
+
+
+configure.in
+ - changed LIBVERSION to 4.1-beta5
+
+ 3/17/2000
+ ---------
+[readline-4.1 released]
+
+ 3/23
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - remove the `-t' argument to ranlib in the install recipe; some
+ ranlibs don't have it and attempt to create a file named `-t'
+
+ 3/27
+ ----
+support/shlib-install
+ - install shared libraries unwritable by anyone on HP-UX
+ - changed symlinks to relative pathnames on all platforms
+
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - added missing `includedir' assignment, substituted by configure
+
+Makefile.in
+ - added missing @SET_MAKE@ so configure can set $MAKE appropriately
+
+configure.in
+ - add call to AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+
+ 8/30
+ ----
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - change the soname bound into the shared libraries, so it includes
+ only the major version number. If it includes the minor version,
+ programs depending on it must be rebuilt (which may or may not be
+ a bad thing)
+
+ 9/6
+ ---
+examples/rlfe.c
+ - add -l option to log input and output (-a option appends to logfile)
+ - add -n option to set readline application name
+ - add -v, -h options for version and help information
+ - change a few things because getopt() is now used to parse arguments
+
+ 9/12
+ ----
+support/shlib-install
+ - fix up the libname on HPUX 11
+
+ 10/18
+ -----
+configure.in
+ - changed library version to 4.2-alpha
+
+ 10/30
+ -----
+configure.in
+ - add -fsigned-char to LOCAL_CFLAGS for Linux running on the IBM
+ S/390
+
+Makefile.in
+ - added new file, rltypedefs.h, installed by default with `make install'
+
+ 11/2
+ ----
+compat.c
+ - new file, with backwards-compatibility function definitions
+
+Makefile.in,shlib/Makefile.in
+ - make sure that compat.o/compat.so are built and linked apppropriately
+
+support/shobj-conf
+ - picked up bash version, which means that shared libs built on
+ linux and BSD/OS 4.x will have an soname that does not include
+ the minor version number
+
+ 11/13
+ -----
+examples/rlfe.c
+ - rlfe can perform filename completion for relative pathnames in the
+ inferior process's context if the OS supports /proc/PID/cwd (linux
+ does it OK, Solaris is slightly warped, none of the BSDs have it)
+
+ 11/17/2000
+ ----------
+[readline-4.2-alpha released]
+
+ 11/27
+ -----
+Makefile.in,shlib/Makefile.in
+ - added dependencies for rltypedefs.h
+
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - changed dependencies on histlib.h to $(topdir)/histlib.h
+
+ 1/22
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - changed release version to 4.2-beta
+
+ 2/2
+ ---
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - build histexamp as part of the examples
+
+ 2/5
+ ---
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - don't remove the dvi, postscript, html, info, and text `objects'
+ on a `make distclean', only on a `make maintainer-clean'
+
+ 3/6
+ ---
+doc/history.{0,3}, doc/history_3.ps
+ - new manual page for history library
+
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - rules to install and uninstall history.3 in ${man3dir}
+ - rules to build history.0 and history_3.ps
+
+ 4/2
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - changed LIBVERSION to `4.2'
+
+ 4/5
+ ---
+[readline-4.2 frozen]
+
+ 4/9
+ ---
+[readline-4.2 released]
+
+ 5/2
+ ---
+Makefile.in,{doc,examples,shlib}/Makefile.in
+ - added support for DESTDIR installation root prefix, to support
+ building packages
+
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - add an info `dir' file entry for rluserman.info on `make install'
+ - change man1ext to `.1' and man3ext to `.3'
+ - install man pages with a $(man3ext) extension in the target directory
+ - add support for installing html documentation if `htmldir' has a
+ value
+
+Makefile.in
+ - on `make install', install from the `shlib' directory, too
+ - on `make uninstall', uninstall in the `doc' and `shlib'
+ subdirectories, too
+
+support/shlib-install
+ - add `freebsdelf*', `freebsdaout*', Hurd, `sysv4*', `sysv5*', `dgux*'
+ targets for symlink creation
+
+ 5/7
+ ---
+configure.in, config.h.in
+ - check for <limits.h>, define HAVE_LIMITS_H if found
+
+ 5/8
+ ---
+aclocal.m4
+ - pick up change to BASH_CHECK_LIB_TERMCAP that adds check for
+ libtinfo (termcap-specific portion of ncurses-5.2)
+
+ 5/9
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - call AC_C_CONST to find out whether or not the compiler supports
+ `const'
+
+config.h.in
+ - placeholder for `const' define, if any
+
+ 5/10
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - fix AC_CHECK_PROG(ar, ...) test to specify right value for the
+ case where ar is not found; should produce a better error message
+
+ 5/14
+ ----
+configure.in,config.h.in
+ - check for vsnprintf, define HAVE_VSNPRINTF if found
+
+ 5/21
+ ----
+configure.in, config.h.in
+ - add checks for size_t, ssize_t
+
+ 5/30
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - update autoconf to version 2.50, use in AC_PREREQ
+ - changed AC_INIT to new flavor
+ - added AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR
+ - AC_CONFIG_HEADER -> AC_CONFIG_HEADERS
+ - call AC_C_PROTOTYPES
+ - AC_RETSIGTYPE -> AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
+
+ 8/22
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - updated the version number to 4.2a
+
+Makefile.in,shlib/Makefile.in
+ - make sure tilde.o is built -DREADLINE_LIBRARY when being built as
+ part of the standalone library, so it picks up the right include
+ files
+
+ 8/23
+ ----
+support/shlib-install
+ - support for Darwin/MacOS X shared library installation
+
+ 9/24
+ ----
+examples/readlinebuf.h
+ - a new file, a C++ streambuf interface that uses readline for I/O.
+ Donated by Dimitris Vyzovitis <vyzo@media.mit.edu>
+
+ 10/9
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - replaced call to BASH_HAVE_TIOCGWINSZ with AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ
+
+[readline-4.2a-beta1 frozen]
+
+ 10/15
+ -----
+configure.in, config.h.in
+ - check for <memory.h>, define HAVE_MEMORY_H if found
+ - check for <strings.h>, define HAVE_STRINGS_H if found
+
+ 10/18
+ -----
+configure.in, config.h.in
+ - check for isascii, define HAVE_ISASCII if found
+
+configure.in
+ - changed the macro names from bash as appropriate:
+ BASH_SIGNAL_CHECK -> BASH_SYS_SIGNAL_VINTAGE
+ BASH_REINSTALL_SIGHANDLERS -> BASH_SYS_REINSTALL_SIGHANDLERS
+ BASH_MISC_SPEED_T -> BASH_CHECK_SPEED_T
+
+ 10/22
+ -----
+configure.in
+ - check for isxdigit with AC_CHECK_FUNCS
+
+config.h.in
+ - new define for HAVE_ISXDIGIT
+
+ 10/29
+ -----
+configure.in, config.h.in
+ - check for strpbrk with AC_CHECK_FUNCS, define HAVE_STRPBRK if found
+
+ 11/1
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - make sure DESTDIR is passed to install and uninstall makes in
+ subdirectories
+ - when saving old copies of installed libraries, make sure we use
+ DESTDIR for the old installation tree
+
+[readline-4.2a-rc1 frozen]
+
+ 11/2
+ ----
+Makefile.in, shlib/Makefile.in
+ - don't put -I$(includedir) into CFLAGS
+
+ 11/15
+ -----
+[readline-4.2a released]
+
+ 11/20
+ -----
+examples/rlcat.c
+ - new file
+
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - changes for rlcat
+
+ 11/28
+ -----
+configure.in
+ - default TERMCAP_LIB to -lcurses if $prefer_curses == yes (as when
+ --with-curses is supplied)
+
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - substitute @LDFLAGS@ in LDFLAGS assignment
+
+ 11/29
+ -----
+config.h.in
+ - add necessary defines for multibyte include files and functions
+ - add code to define HANDLE_MULTIBYTE if prerequisites are met
+
+configure.in
+ - call BASH_CHECK_MULTIBYTE
+
+ 12/14
+ -----
+config.h.in
+ - add #undef PROTOTYPES, filled in by AC_C_PROTOTYPES
+
+ 12/17
+ -----
+config.h.in
+ - moved HANDLE_MULTIBYTE code to rlmbutil.h
+
+rlmbutil.h, mbutil.c
+ - new files
+
+Makefile.in, shlib/Makefile.in
+ - added rules for mbutil.c
+
+ 12/20
+ -----
+configure.in
+ - added --enable-shared, --enable-static options to configure to
+ say which libraries are built by default (both default to yes)
+ - if SHLIB_STATUS == 'unsupported', turn off default shared library
+ building
+ - substitute new STATIC_TARGET, SHARED_TARGET, STATIC_INSTALL_TARGET,
+ and SHARED_INSTALL_TARGET
+
+Makefile.in
+ - `all' target now depends on (substituted) @STATIC_TARGET@ and
+ @SHARED_TARGET@
+ - `install' target now depends on (substituted) @STATIC_INSTALL_TARGET@
+ and @SHARED_INSTALL_TARGET@
+
+INSTALL, README
+ - updated with new info about --enable-shared and --enable-static
+
+ 1/10/2002
+ ---------
+configure.in
+ - bumped the library version number to 4.3
+
+ 1/24
+ ----
+Makefile.in,shlib/Makefile.in
+ - changes for new file, text.c, with character and text handling
+ functions from readline.c
+
+ 2/20
+ ----
+{configure.config.h}.in
+ - call AC_C_CHAR_UNSIGNED, define __CHAR_UNSIGNED__ if chars are
+ unsigned by default
+
+ 5/20
+ ----
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - new maybe-clean target that removes the generated documentation if
+ the build directory differs from the source directory
+ - distclean target now depends on maybe-clean
+
+ 7/17
+ ----
+[readline-4.3 released]
+
+ 7/18
+ ----
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - fix bad dependency: text.so: terminal.c, make it depend on text.c
+
+ 8/7
+ ---
+support/shlib-install
+ - break `linux' out into its own stanza: it seems that linux
+ distributions are all moving to the following scheme:
+
+ libreadline.so.4.3 installed version
+ libreadline.so.4 -> libreadline.so.4.3 symlink
+ libreadline.so -> libreadline.so.4 symlink
+
+ 10/29
+ -----
+support/shlib-install
+ - change INSTALL_LINK[12] to use `&&' instead of `;' so it only
+ tries the link if the cd succeeds; put ${echo} in there, too
+ - use $LN instead of `ln -s' so it works on machines without symlinks
+ - change special linux stanza to use cd before ln also
+ - change to use $INSTALL_LINK1 and $INSTALL_LINK2 appropriately
+ instead of explicit commands in various stanzas
+
+ 2/1
+ ---
+config.h.in
+ - add HAVE_MBRTOWC and HAVE_MBRLEN
+ - add NO_MULTIBYTE_SUPPORT for new configure argument
+ - add STDC_HEADERS
+
+configure.in
+ - new argument --enable-multibyte (enabled by default), allows
+ multibyte support to be turned off even on systems that support it
+ - add check for ansi stdc headers with call to AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+ 2/3
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - add call to BASH_FUNC_CTYPE_NONASCII
+
+config.h.in
+ - add CTYPE_NON_ASCII
+
+ 2/20
+ ----
+
+doc/manvers.texinfo
+ - renamed to version.texi to match other GNU software
+ - UPDATE-MONTH variable is now `UPDATED-MONTH'
+
+doc/{hist,rlman,rluserman}.texinfo
+ - include version.texi
+
+doc/{rltech,rluser,hstech,hsuser}.texi
+ - changed the suffix from `texinfo' to `texi'
+
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - made appropriate changes for {{rl,hs}tech,{rl,hs}user}.texi
+
+doc/{rlman,rluserman}.texinfo
+ - changed the suffix from `texinfo' to `texi'
+
+doc/hist.texinfo
+ - renamed to history.texi to be more consistent
+
+ 6/11
+ ----
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - have configure substitute value of `@LDFLAGS@' into the assignment
+ to SHLIB_XLDFLAGS
+
+ 6/16
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - readline and history libraries are now at version 5.0
+
+ 8/18
+ ----
+support/shlib-install
+ - support for FreeBSD-gnu (from Robert Millan)
+
+ 12/4
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - add variables for localedir and the PACKAGE_* variables, auto-set
+ by configure
+
+ 12/9
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - use mkinstalldirs instead of mkdirs
+
+ 4/22
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - separate doc install/uninstall out into two new targets:
+ install-doc and uninstall-doc
+ - make install-doc and uninstall-doc prerequisites of appropriate
+ install and uninstall targets
+
+examples/rl-fgets.c
+ - new example from Harold Levy that wraps fgets replacement functions
+ that call readline in a shared library that can be interposed with
+ LD_PRELOAD
+
+ 7/27
+ ----
+[readline-5.0 released]
+
+ 11/15
+ -----
+examples/rlfe/{ChangeLog,Makefile.in,README,config.h.in,configure,configure.in,extern.h,os.h,pty.c,rlfe.c,screen.h}
+ - new version of rlfe, rlfe-0.4, from Per Bothner; now a standalone
+ application
+
+ 11/16
+ -----
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - substitute TERMCAP_LIB in from configure
+
+configure.in
+ - if SHLIB_LIBS doesn't include a termcap library (curses, ncurses,
+ termcap, termlib), append the value of $TERMCAP_LIB to it
+
+ 11/30
+ -----
+configure.in
+ - take out change from 11/16; it doesn't work for some systems (e.g.,
+ SunOS 4.x and Solaris 2.6)
+ - add support for --enable-purify configure argument
+ - pass TERMCAP_LIB in environment when calling shobj-conf
+
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - add support for building examples with purify
+
+ 1/23/2005
+ ---------
+configure.in
+ - set BUILD_DIR to contain backslashes to escape any spaces in the
+ directory name -- this is what make will accept in targets and
+ prerequisites, so it's better than trying to use double quotes
+
+ 2/25
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - change check for sys/ptem.h to include sys/stream.h if present, to
+ avoid the `present but cannot be compiled' messages on Solaris and
+ SVR4.2 (does anyone still use SVR4.2?)
+
+ 5/7
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - add cross-compiling support from the bash configure.in, which cygwin
+ and mingw have apparently adopted
+ - add check for pwd.h, fcntl.h
+ - add checks for fcntl, kill system calls
+ - add checks for getpw{ent,nam,uid} C library functions
+ - pass a compile-time option through to Makefiles if cross-compiling
+
+config.h.in
+ - add HAVE_PWD_H for <pwd.h>, HAVE_FCNTL_H for <fcntl.h>
+ - add HAVE_FCNTL, HAVE_KILL for respective system calls
+ - add HAVE_GETPW{ENT,NAM,UID} for passwd functions
+
+Makefile.in,shlib/Makefile.in
+ - @CROSS_COMPILE@ is substituted into DEFS (equal to -DCROSS_COMPILING
+ if bash is being cross-compiled)
+
+ 8/2
+ ---
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - use $(READLINE_LIB) instead of -lreadline to get around MacOS X 10.4's
+ preference for (incompatible) shared libraries over static libraries
+ in the load path
+
+ 8/11
+ ----
+support/shobj-conf
+ - new variable: SHLIB_LIBPREF, prefix for shared library name (defaults
+ to `lib'
+ - new variable: SHLIB_DLLVERSION, used on Cygwin to set the library
+ version number
+ - new variable: SHLIB_DOT, separator character between library name and
+ suffix and version information (defaults to `.')
+ - new stanza for cygwin to generate windows-compatible dll
+
+support/shlib-install
+ - add new option `-b bindir' for systems like cygwin/windows that
+ require it
+ - new stanza for cygwin that installs a dll into $bindir and an implied
+ link library into $libdir
+
+configure.in
+ - substitute new variables from shobj-conf
+
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - substitute bindir, SHLIB_DOT, SHLIB_LIBPREF, SHLIB_DLLVERSION from
+ configure
+ - pass `-b $(bindir)' to shlib-install for install and uninstall targets
+ - library names now use $SHLIB_LIBPREF and $SHLIB_DOT
+
+INSTALL,README
+ - document new SHLIB_DOT, SHLIB_LIBPREF, and SHLIB_DLLVERSION variables
+
+ 10/4
+ ----
+[readline-5.1-beta1 frozen]
+
+ 12/1
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - changed release status to `release'
+
+[readline-5.1 frozen]
+
+ 12/9
+ ----
+[readline-5.1 released]
+
+ 12/14
+ -----
+examples/rlfe/Makefile.in
+ - add @LIBS@ to LIBS assignment to pick up extra libraries from
+ configure
+
+ 1/3/2006
+ --------
+support/shlib-install
+ - Install shared libraries with execute bit set on Linux
+
+ 6/9
+ ---
+[readline-5.2-alpha frozen]
+
+ 6/26
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - set CROSS_COMPILE to the empty string by default, so we don't inherit
+ a random value from the environment
+
+ 7/8
+ ---
+[readline-5.2-alpha released]
+
+
+[readline-5.2-beta released]
+
+ 9/12
+ ----
+config.h.in
+ - add defines for wcscoll, iswctype, iswupper, iswlower, towupper,
+ towlower functions
+ - replace define for wctomb with one for wcrtomb
+ - add defines for wchar_t, wint_t, wctype_t types
+
+ 10/11
+ -----
+[readline-5.2 released]
+
+ 11/9
+ ----
+examples/rlfe/{configure.in,Makefile.in,config.h.in,rlfe.c,pty.c}
+ - portability fixes from Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+ 11/21
+ -----
+Makefile.in
+ - add `install-examples' and `uninstall-examples' targets
+
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - add correct variables to build examples on Windows
+ - add appropriate rules to install and uninstall example sources in
+ $(datadir)/readline
+
+ 11/27
+ -----
+config.h.in
+ - move #undef of HAVE_STRCOLL out of config.h.in, since autoconf tries
+ to substitute it based on configure tests
+
+ 4/27/2007
+ ---------
+examples/autoconf
+ - new directory with example autoconf macros to detect readline and
+ return information about the installed version
+
+ 6/13
+ ----
+support/shlib-install
+ - changes to support AIX 5.x shared library installation
+
+ 3/20/2008
+ ---------
+support/shlib-install
+ - add support for NetBSD and Interix shared library installation
+
+ 4/22
+ ----
+support/wcwidth.c
+ - updated implementation from 2007-05
+
+ 7/18
+ ----
+support/shlib-install
+ - support for mingw32, contributed by Carlo Bramix <carlo.bramix@libero.it>
+
+ 8/4
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - changed to readline-6.0
+
+ 8/18
+ ----
+support/config.{guess,sub}
+ - updated to newer versions from autoconf-2.62 distribution
+
+ 3/5/2009
+ --------
+support/shlib-install
+ - take a new -V host_vendor argument
+ - add ${host_vendor} to string tested in case statement for symlink
+ creation section
+ - add support for FreeBSD/gentoo, which uses Linux library naming
+ scheme
+ - change FreeBSD symlink rules, since FreeBSD 7+ has only ELF shared
+ libraries. DragonflyBSD rules are the same. Fix from Timothy
+ Redaelli <drizzt@gentoo.org>
+
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - add definition of host_vendor, substituted by configure
+ - add -V host_vendor argument to all invocations of shlib-install.
+ Fix from Timothy Redaelli <drizzt@gentoo.org>
+
+ 3/10
+ ----
+configure.in
+ - add call to AC_SYS_LARGEFILE for readdir and largefile support on
+ Linux
+
+config.h.in
+ - add _FILE_OFFSET_BITS define
+
+ 4/19
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - add targets for making and installing documentation required by GNU
+ coding standards. Fix from Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
+posixselect.h
+ - pick up from bash. Inspired by Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+ 10/28
+ -----
+support/shlib-install
+ - decrease the default version of FreeBSD that installs shared libraries
+ to 4.x. Advice from Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org>
+
+ 12/18
+ -----
+[readline-6.1-rc1 released]
+
+ 12/23
+ -----
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - make sure $(topdir) is not ".." before removing all of the formatted
+ documentation in `make distclean'. $(topdir) is set to `..' if
+ readline is being built in the source directory. Fixes problem
+ noticed by THOUMIN Damien <thoumin@ipanematech.com>
+
+ 12/29
+ -----
+[readline-6.1 frozen]
+
+ 2/5/2010
+ --------
+examples/Makefile.in
+ - make sure to install example C files using $(srcdir)/$$f in case
+ we're building outside the source directory. Bug report and fix
+ from Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>
+
+ 7/25
+ ----
+xfree.c
+ - new file with xfree() implementation, moved from xmalloc.c
+
+ 12/28
+ -----
+{examples,shlib}/Makefile.in
+ - Cygwin-based changes from Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+ 3/26/2011
+ ---------
+Makefile.in
+ - don't ignore failures when building, installing, or cleaning in
+ the shlib subdirectory. Sample patch from Mike Frysinger
+ <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - split the install and uninstall targets into install-supported and
+ install-unsupported targets that depend on the value of
+ SHLIB_STATUS
+
+ 4/2
+ ---
+{,shlib}/Makefile.in
+ - add dependency for callback.o/callback.so on xmalloc.h. From
+ Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+{,doc,examples,shlib}/Makefile.in
+ - fix typo: htm target should be html. From Jan Kratochvil
+ <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+ - remove `.' from VPATH. From Jan Kratochvil
+ <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+examples/rlfe/configure.in
+ - quote AC_PROGRAM_SOURCE. From Jan Kratochvil
+ <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+ 5/17
+ ----
+config.h.in
+ - WCWIDTH_BROKEN: new define, picked up from bash, defined on systems
+ where wcwidth returns 1 for Unicode combining characters
+
+ 11/28
+ -----
+support/shlib-install
+ - make sure solaris2 systems make the installed shared library
+ executable. ldd warns about it otherwise. Bug and fix from
+ Tim Mooney <tim.mooney@ndsu.edu>
+
+examples/hist_erasedups.c
+ - new example program, shows how to erase duplicates from the history
+ list
+
+examples/hist_purgecmd.c
+ - new example program, shows how to remove all entries matching a
+ string or pattern from the history list
+
+ 1/12/2012
+ ---------
+colors.[ch],parse-colors.[ch]}
+ - new files, part of color infrastructure support
+
+Makefile.in,shlib/Makefile.in
+ - arrange to have colors.o and parse-colors.o added to library
+ (static and shared versions)
+
+{configure,config.h}.in
+ - check for stdbool.h, define HAVE_STDBOOL_H if found
+
+rldefs.h
+ - COLOR_SUPPORT: if defined, compile in colors.c and parse-colors.c
+ for color support
+
+ 1/18
+ ----
+
+{configure,config.h}.in
+ - new check: check for AUDIT_USER_TTY defined in <linux/audit.h>,
+ define HAVE_DECL_AUDIT_USER_TTY if both are found
+
+ 8/7
+ ---
+configure.in
+ - AC_CANONICAL_BUILD: call to set the build_xxx variables
+ - use $build_os instead of $host_os to decide when DJGPP should run
+ `pwd.exe' to figure out the build directory. Report and fix from
+ Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
+
+ 8/29
+ ----
+configure.ac
+ - new name for configure.in
+
+MANIFEST,Makefile.in
+ - configure.in -> configure.ac
+
+ 1/5/2013
+ --------
+configure.ac
+ - move version number up to 6.3
+
+ 1/31
+ ----
+configure.ac
+ - use AC_CHECK_TOOL instead of AC_CHECK_PROG to check for ar, since it
+ will find $host-prefixed versions of utilities. Report and fix from
+ Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+ 3/4
+ ---
+Makefile.in
+ - PACKAGE_TARNAME, docdir: new variables substituted by autoconf
+ - OTHER_DOCS,OTHER_INSTALLED_DOCS: new variables with auxiliary
+ documentation files to be installed into $(docdir)
+ - install: add new rule to install $(OTHER_DOCS)
+ - uninstall: add new rule to uninstall $(docdir)/$(OTHER_INSTALLED_DOCS)
+
+ 4/29
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - installdirs: make sure to create $(DESTDIR)$(docdir). Report from
+ <hiroo.hayashi@computer.org>
+
+ 1/27/2014
+ ---------
+Makefile.in
+ - install-examples: should not depend on `shared', since the examples
+ themselves are not built using shared libraries. Report from
+ <hiroo.hayashi@computer.org>
+
+support/shobj-conf
+ - [from bash] darwin: changed the install_name embedded into the
+ shared library to contain only the major version number, not the
+ minor one. The idea is that the minor versions should all be API/ABI
+ compatible, and it is better to link automatically with the latest
+ one. Idea from Max Horn <max@quendi.de>
+
+ 2/26/2014
+ ---------
+[readline-6.3 released]
+
+ 3/14
+ ----
+shlib/Makefile.in
+ - fix typo in dependency list for vi_mode.so: it should not depend on
+ just $(topdir). Report and fix from Natanael Copa
+ <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+
+ 4/15
+ ----
+{.,shlib,examples}/Makefile.in
+ - make sure $(INCLUDES) appears before $(CPPFLAGS) in the various
+ CFLAGS assignments so readline looks in its own source and build
+ directories (INCLUDES) before some directories specified by the
+ user or builder (CPPFLAGS). Report and fix from Max Horn
+ <max@quendi.de>
+
+ 6/2
+ ---
+config.h.in
+ - use correct symbols: HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_INO, HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_FILENO
+ HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_NAMLEN. They don't really matter, but they are
+ what posixdir.h looks for. Report from Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
+
+ 6/11
+ ----
+readline.pc.in
+ - new file, config file for pkgconfig. Patch to add from Jirka Klimes
+ <jklimes@redhat.com>
+
+{MANIFEST,configure.ac,Makefile.in}
+ - readline.pc: changes to create file for pkgconfig
+
+ 10/13
+ -----
+doc/Makefile.in
+ - readline.pdf, history.pdf, rluserman.pdf: use texi2dvi --pdf to generate
+ these. Suggestion from Siep Kroonenberg <siepo@cybercomm.nl>
+
+ 11/29
+ -----
+config.h.in
+ - HAVE_PSELECT: define if pselect(2) available
+
+configure.ac
+ - check for pselect(2), define HAVE_PSELECT if found
+
+ 12/29
+ -----
+configure.ac
+ - bump version number up to 6.4
+
+ 1/6/2015
+ --------
+configure.ac,config.h.in
+ - look for ncurses/termcap.h, define HAVE_NCURSES_TERMCAP_H
+
+ 4/20
+ ----
+configure.ac
+ - add template definitions set by AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS from a report
+ from Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
+
+ 4/24
+ ----
+configure.ac,config.h.in
+ - add check for sys/ioctl.h to AC_CHECK_HEADERS, define HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H
+ if found
+
+ 5/29
+ ----
+configure.ac
+ - bump library version to 7.0 because of addition of rl_callback_sigcleanup
+
+ 8/26
+ ----
+configure.ac,Makefile.in,examples/Makefile.in
+ - remove references to purify
+
+ 11/21
+ -----
+configure.ac,config.h.in
+ - fnmatch: check for libc function, define HAVE_FNMATCH if found. Now
+ used by vi-mode history search functions
+
+ 7/12
+ ----
+Makefile.in,examples/Makefile.in
+ - add support for building with address sanitizer, using new target
+ `asan'
+
+ 4/23/2018
+ ---------
+configure.ac
+ - TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB: new variable, defined from TERMCAP_LIB,
+ defaults to termcap
+
+readline.pc.in
+ - change Requires.private to use TERMCAP_PKG_CONFIG_LIB instead of
+ hardcoded `tinfo'. Report and fix from Thomas Petazzoni
+ <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
+
+ 5/4
+ ---
+Makefile.in
+ - new targets to install and uninstall the `readline.pc' pkgconfig
+ file
+ - install-{static,shared}: add install-pc to the list of prereqs
+ - uninstall{,-shared}: add uninstall-pc to list of prereqs. Change
+ from Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
+
+configure.ac,Makefile.in
+ - add new configure option to optionally disable installing the
+ source code examples. From Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
+
+ 5/23
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - install-pc: make sure we install readline.pc into an existing
+ pkgconfig directory. Report from ilove zfs <ilovezfs@icloud.com>
+
+ 5/24
+ ----
+Makefile.in
+ - installdirs: create $(pkgconfigdir) if it doesn't exist
+
+
+ 4/8/2019
+ --------
+readline.pc.in
+ - change CFLAGS to include ${includedir} instead of ${includedir}/readline,
+ to support the recommended `#include <readline/readline.h>'. Report
+ and fix from Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
+
+ 5/13
+ ----
+configure.ac
+ - hpux: add -DTGETENT_BROKEN to LOCAL_CFLAGS
+
+ 8/28
+ ----
+configure.ac
+ - hpux: add -DTGETFLAG_BROKEN to LOCAL_CFLAGS
+
+ 9/6
+ ---
+examples/autoconf/RL_LIB_READLINE_VERSION
+ - include <stdlib.h> in the AC_TRY_RUN block to accommodate compilers
+ that treat functions without an existing prototype as fatal errors.
+ Report and fix from Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+ 12/13
+ -----
+support/shlib-install
+ - remove old code for FreeBSD and Dragonfly; they are ELF-only now and
+ can use the same code as Linux. Fix from
+ Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
+
+ 5/20/2020
+ ---------
+configure.ac
+ - bumped version number up to 8.1
+
+ 6/15
+ ----
+configure.ac
+ - add -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security to CFLAGS if gcc (or clang)
+ is the compiler
+
+ 10/29
+ -----
+configure.ac
+ - --enable-bracketed-paste-default: new invocation option, toggles the
+ default value of enable-bracketed-paste (on by default)
+
+INSTALL
+ - document new --enable-bracketed-paste-default configure option
+
+ 12/4
+ ----
+[readline-8.1 frozen]
+
+ 8/17/2021
+ ---------
+configure.ac
+ - use `:+' when testing the value of $GCC, since autoconf seems to
+ set it to the empty string if gcc isn't the compiler. Reported by
+ Osipov, Michael (LDA IT PLM) <michael.osipov@siemens.com>
+
+ 9/2
+ ---
+configure.ac
+ - AC_HELP_STRING -> AS_HELP_STRING
+ - AC_OUTPUT: split into AC_CONFIG_FILES and AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS, call
+ AC_OUTPUT without any parameters
+
+ 9/3
+ ---
+configure.ac, config.h.in
+ - AC_TYPE_SIGNAL,BASH_TYPE_SIGHANDLER: remove calls, remove mention of
+ RETSIGTYPE and VOID_SIGHANDLER
+ - AC_HEADER_TIME: removed
+ - AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS: use instead of AC_AIX and AC_MINIX
+ - AC_HEADER_STDC: removed
+ - BASH_FUNC_CTYPE_NONASCII: removed
+
+ 11/25
+ -----
+history.pc.in
+ - pkgconfig file for history library. From Siteshwar Vashisht
+ <svashisht@redhat.com>
+
+configure.ac,MANIFEST,Makefile.in
+ - support for creating history.pc
+
+ 3/29/2022
+ ---------
+configure.ac
+ - new option: --with-shared-termcap-library: use to force the shared
+ readline library to be linked against a shared termcap/curses library
+ that configure finds. If the argument begins with `-l', use that
+ library instead; updated INSTALL accordingly