Re: [patch] to readline: compilation-stopping typo

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 11:47:40PM -0800, Michael Sokolov wrote:
>I've just started (never had a need for a debugger before) trying to build gdb
>(current CVS) on my system (4.3BSD), and I've immediately hit this compilation-
>stopping typo in readline: a missing semicolon! I can't imagine how everybody
>else is building gdb, it must be that this bit of code isn't compiled on the
>systems everybody else uses I guess.

That's really strange.  It's hard to believe that no one else has been hit by
this problem before.  Maybe you're the only person diligent enough to report it!

>The patch is below. However, how do I get it in? readline in the Cygnus tree /
>gdb is imported from an outside source. I've checked the indicated official
>version (readline-4.1 from ftp.cwru.edu), and it has exactly the same bug.
>What's the right procedure for fixing this?

I've checked in the patch into the readline sources at sources.redhat.com.

The next step is for you to contact the readline author and let him know about
the problem.  Then the next time we import readline we won't have to remember
to make this change again.

Thanks,
cgf