Merge pull request #3898 from NTULINUX/2.9_libedit

Convert to libedit (2.9 branch)

Author: andypugh

debian/configure

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 
 EXTRA_BUILD=
 PYTHON_VERSION_NEXT=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print (sys.version[:2] + str(1+int(sys.version[2])))')
-LIBREADLINE_DEV="libeditreadline-dev | libreadline-gplv2-dev | libreadline-dev"
+LIBREADLINE_DEV="libeditreadline-dev"
 
 ENABLE_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION=--enable-build-documentation=pdf
 

src/configure.ac

@@ -128,17 +128,6 @@ RTPREFIX=""
 KERNELDIR=""
 RTFLAGS=""
 
-NONDISTRIBUTABLE=false
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(non-distributable,
-    AS_HELP_STRING(
-        [--enable-non-distributable],
-        [To build LinuxCNC even if a license problem would render the resulting binaries non-distributable under the terms of the LinuxCNC license]),
-    [
-        case "$enableval" in
-        (yes) NONDISTRIBUTABLE=true ;;
-        esac
-    ])
-
 ##############################################################################
 # Subsection 2.1                                                             #
 # Check for arguments to ./configure                                         #
@@ -1526,59 +1515,14 @@ fi
 temp_LIBS=$LIBS
 LIBS=
 
-# check for readline.h and friends, optional for halcmd
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline/readline.h, [HAVE_READLINE=yes], [HAVE_READLINE=no])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline/history.h, [], [HAVE_READLINE=no])
-
-echo "Trying readline without -ltermcap"
-AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline, [HAVE_READLINE_NOTERMCAP=yes], [])
-unset ac_cv_lib_readline_readline
-echo "Trying readline with -ltermcap"
-AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline, [HAVE_READLINE_TERMCAP=yes], [], -ltermcap)
-unset ac_cv_lib_readline_readline
-
-if test "x$HAVE_READLINE_NOTERMCAP" = "xyes"; then
-    echo "Readline does not require -ltermcap"
-    READLINE_LIBS="-lreadline"
-elif test "x$HAVE_READLINE_TERMCAP" = "xyes"; then
-    echo "Readline requires -ltermcap"
-    READLINE_LIBS="-lreadline -ltermcap"
-else
-    HAVE_READLINE=no
-fi
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether readline license is compatible with GPL-2])
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-        #include <stdio.h>
-        #include <readline/readline.h>
-    ]], [[
-        #if RL_VERSION_MAJOR > 5
-        #error Readline version 6 and up are not compatible with GPL-2
-        #endif
-    ]])],[AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],[
-        AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-        AC_MSG_WARN(
-[The LinuxCNC binary you are building may not be
-distributable due to a license incompatibility with LinuxCNC (some portions
-GPL-2 only) and Readline version 6 and greater (GPL-3 or later).])
-        if $NONDISTRIBUTABLE; then
-            AC_MSG_WARN(
-[User requested to enable non-distributable builds.  Continuing.])
-        else
-            AC_MSG_ERROR(
-[To configure LinuxCNC in this way, you must
-invoke configure with "--enable-non-distributable=yes".  Note that on
-Debian-based systems, you may be able to use libeditreadline-dev or
-libreadline-gplv2-dev instead of libreadline-dev.])
-        fi
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([editline/readline.h histedit.h], [], [
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([libedit headers not found. Please install libedit-dev or libedit-devel.])
+])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([edit], [readline], [
+    READLINE_LIBS="-ledit"
+], [
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([libedit library (-ledit) not found.])
 ])
-
-if test "x$HAVE_READLINE" = "xyes"; then
-    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_READLINE], [], [Define to 1 if you have the 'readline' library (-lreadline) and required headers])
-else
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Required library 'readline' missing.])
-fi
-AC_SUBST([HAVE_READLINE])
 AC_SUBST([READLINE_LIBS])
 
 ##############################################################################

src/emc/sai/driver.cc

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <string>
 
-#include <readline/readline.h>
-#include <readline/history.h>
+#include <editline/readline.h>
+#include <histedit.h>
 #include <glob.h>
 #include <wordexp.h>
 #include <rtapi_string.h>

src/hal/utils/halcmd_completion.h

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 #define HALCMD_COMPLETION_H
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <readline/readline.h>
-#include <readline/history.h>
+#include <editline/readline.h>
+#include <histedit.h>
 
 extern int comp_id;
 extern void halcmd_init_readline();