On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 12:34 AM, Dan Douglas <orm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd be perfectly happy requiring bundled readline when USE="readline" > for bash versions incompatible with the installed readline,
I guess that's another good way to solve the readline issue (when it
comes to bash). But I'd prefer that it's not done automatically.
Instead we should add a formal use flag like 'installed-readline'. We
can add it to release versions of bash ([[ ${PV} != *_rc* ]] &&
IUSE+=' +installed-readline'), and enable it by default. Then we
change all `[[ ${PV} != *_rc* ]]` condition checks to `[[ ${PV} !=
*_rc* ]] && use installed-readline`. `${PV} != *_rc*` probably should
also be `${PV} != *_alpha* && ${PV} != *_beta* && ${PV} != *_rc*`.
(See attached file for POC.)
> or simply depending on USE="-readline" for those versions.
> I rarely if ever use
> interactive mode with anything other than my system default /bin/bash.
I do, though. My application uses `read -e`. (That's not interactive
mode I know, but it still uses readline.)
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