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diff --git a/distro/packages/readline.scm b/distro/packages/readline.scm new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6e423cb01f --- /dev/null +++ b/distro/packages/readline.scm @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile. -*- coding: utf-8 -*- +;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; +;;; This file is part of Guix. +;;; +;;; Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at +;;; your option) any later version. +;;; +;;; Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +;;; GNU General Public License for more details. +;;; +;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +;;; along with Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +(define-module (distro packages readline) + #:use-module (distro) + #:use-module (distro packages ncurses) + #:use-module (guix packages) + #:use-module (guix http) + #:use-module (guix utils) + #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)) + +(define-public readline + (package + (name "readline") + (version "6.2") + (source (origin + (method http-fetch) + (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-" + version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "10ckm2bd2rkxhvdmj7nmbsylmihw0abwcsnxf8y27305183rd9kr")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (propagated-inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses))) + (inputs `(("patch/link-ncurses" + ,(search-patch "readline-link-ncurses.patch")))) + (arguments `(#:patches (list (assoc-ref %build-inputs + "patch/link-ncurses")) + #:patch-flags '("-p0") + #:configure-flags + (list (string-append "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath -Wl," + (assoc-ref %build-inputs "ncurses") + "/lib")))) + (synopsis "GNU Readline, a library for interactive line editing") + (description + "The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by +applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. +Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available. The Readline library includes +additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command lines, +to recall and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like history +expansion on previous commands. + +The history facilites are also placed into a separate library, the History +library, as part of the build process. The History library may be used +without Readline in applications which desire its capabilities.") + (license "GPLv3+") + (home-page "http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/readline/"))) |