[augeas-devel] quick question about augeas and readline dependency

[Michael Felt (aixtools)]

Ok. Thanks. I’ll look into trying to build a static lib version, as I do not trust the version showing up in AIX 7.2 (and AIX 7.1 TL5 and later)

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> On 26 Apr 2019, at 15:25, Greg Swift <gregswift at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> I believe readline is actually important to augeas.  the HACKING.md even includes a section on how to get full readline functionality on OSX because libedit is a "crippled implmenentation"
> 
> greg
> 
>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 7:22 AM Michael <aixtools at felt.demon.nl> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I would like to try - again - to get certbot working on my platform
>> (AIX). As a dependency, acme needs python-augeas (which needs libaugeas,
>> which seems to need readline).
>> 
>> a) I can build readline - to get this resolved - IF augeas makes heavy
>> use of readline (all packages I have packaged previously either do not
>> need it, or it is optional - hence I am checking).
>> 
>> b) Is there a possibility for augeas to run without readline, and if yes
>> - I can look in configure.ac, but would appreciate help there - all via
>> github iirc.
>> 
>> So, quick question is: is readline absolutely necessary - yes/no answer
>> is fine.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
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